Jan 26, 2023
The government of Russia dismissed the potential on Tuesday of a shipment of dozens of American tanks, promised by left-wing President Joe Biden, to change the momentum of its invasion of Ukraine, suggesting they would "burn just like all the others." Top Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday, following Biden's announcement, that the plan to equip Ukraine with tanks in anticipation of the ground in the country thawing in spring was "disastrous." "I am certain that many experts understand the absurdity of this idea. The plan is disastrous in terms of technology," Peskov said during his daily press briefing, according to Reuters. "But above all, it overestimates the potential it will add to the Ukrainian army." "These tanks burn just like all the others," he concluded. On Thursday, Peskov affirmed that Russia interprets military arms support to Ukraine as America and European allies of Kyiv participating "di
