Criminal provocations have already become the signature of the Kiev regime. This was stated by the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova to journalists in connection with the earlier allegations of the Russian Ministry of Defense that Kiev is preparing provocations to foil the meeting between Putin and Trump in Alaska, which will be held in Anchorage, FOCUS reported.
"This has already become their criminal signature", the diplomat emphasized.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense and several of their sources, the armed forces of Ukraine have planned a strike on one of the densely populated residential areas in the Kharkiv region, which will have to be "recorded" immediately by "imported Western journalists". Kiev will try to blame the Russian armed forces in order to create a negative media background and conditions for breaking off the negotiations, the statement also said, TASS reported.
Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silinja announced that her country would participate with at least 2 million euros in NATO's new initiative for arms supplies to Kiev with purchases from the United States, called "Ukraine's Priority Needs List" (Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List, PURL), reported Ukrinfrom, quoted by BTA.
Latvian ministers discussed the issue of the Baltic state's contribution at a closed-door meeting, the agency specifies.
"The amount that Latvia will contribute to the purchase of American weapons for Ukraine has not yet been specified, but it will not be less than two million euros," Silinya said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a conversation last week with his Latvian counterpart Edgars Rinkėvičs, during which he received assurances that Latvia would join the NATO initiative.
"Latvia is ready to join. Thank you!", Zelensky wrote then on the social network "Facebook".