"Enough is enough".. Putin threatens America and "NATO" in a diplomatic note because of Ukraine

The Washington Post revealed that it had seen a diplomatic note sent by Moscow to Washington, warning against continuing to arm Ukraine during the current war.

The newspaper pointed out that Russia sent an official diplomatic note to the United States and NATO regarding shipments of the most sensitive weapons systems, saying that they "add fuel to the fire" in the conflict.

In what appeared to be a veiled threat, the Russian memo said continued arms shipments to Ukraine would lead to "unpredictable consequences".

This step came at a time when US President Joe Biden agreed to expand the armaments of Ukraine, with a package estimated at about 800 million dollars, and included unmanned aircraft and armored vehicles, and large quantities of anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles.

Washington facilitated the supply of Ukraine with the Soviet-made S-300 air defense system, after it persuaded Slovakia to hand over this weapon to Kyiv, in exchange for the United States to deploy the Patriot defense system on its soil.

US officials say that the first batch of the new armament package will arrive in Ukraine within days, after an urgent appeal made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Kyiv fears an imminent Russian attack in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, especially after monitoring signs of Russian military build-up towards that region.

Russia had announced in the past that it would consider Western arms shipments to Ukraine to be legitimate military targets, but it has yet to strike them.

However, Russia may be preparing to strike it in the near future, according to the Washington Post.

"They targeted arms depots in Ukraine itself, where Western supplies were stored," says Dick Cheney, former director of Russia analysis at the CIA.

"The question is will they (the Russians) go further than trying to target (weapons) on Ukrainian soil, trying to hit the supply convoys themselves and possibly NATO countries," Cheney adds.

The former intelligence official considers: "If the Russian forces falter in the next stage of the war, as happened in the first stage, the chances of targeting NATO supplies on NATO territory will rise significantly."

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