“Of course, we do not tell Ukraine how to conduct business and how to fight,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
According to the representative of the defense department, the United States only provides Ukraine with the necessary “defense means”, and Kyiv determines the targets for strikes.
Earlier it was reported that the US Department of Defense announced the allocation of military assistance to Kyiv for another $1 billion.
Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said that in this way the American authorities are "adding fuel to the fire" of the Ukrainian crisis.
In July, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu recalled that some of the foreign weapons supplied to Ukraine end up on the black market.