"This suggests that we no longer have any reason to doubt who is behind the activation of the conflict in Ukraine in all its phases – certainly the same collective West, which is led by NATO-centric countries, primarily the United States and Britain," she stressed.

Earlier, a member of the British House of Lords, Minister of State for Defense of Great Britain Annabel Goldie said that London would send Kiev "ammunition, including armor-piercing ammunition containing depleted uranium."

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will be forced to react if the collective West begins to supply Ukraine with weapons with a nuclear component.