Russia has warned the United States and Canada that they are opening “Pandora’s box” and fuelling conflict by allowing the sale of weapons to Ukraine. “By taking this decision...the US and Canada are opening ‘Pandora’s box’ and essentially getting involved in an internal Ukrainian conflict, again reigniting it and internationalising it,” Russian deputy foreign minister Grigory Karasin said on Tuesday. “We openly speak to our American partners about our concern over the planned sale of deadly weapons to Ukraine from across the ocean,” he added. “By doing this, Washington ‘hawks’ are trying, as they see it, to increase the cost to Russia of the war in Donbas. “American weapons in the hands of Ukrainian soldiers will not be used for an assault.

Source: The Irish Times December 27, 2017 01:07 UTC