Ukraine has been “flooded” with weapons from the United States and NATO, as well as “countless” advisers from Western countries, the Russian Permanent Mission to the UN said in a statement on its website.

According to Russian representatives in the UN, “cultivating Russophobia among its citizens and like-minded states, talking about the accumulation of Russian troops as almost the root cause of all problems, [the US] forgets to clarify that the talk is about Russian forces on Russian territory.”

“This is in contrast to the American and NATO weaponry and countless advisers that have flooded Ukraine and some other states close to the Russian borders. There is also no explanation for what the American navy, increasing tension in the Black Sea region, is doing near the Russian coast,” the Russian mission continued.

In the meantime, US President Joe Biden confirmed earlier in the day that there is no intention to deploy American or NATO forces to Ukraine.

The Russian mission also said in the statement that the US supports militants in Syria’s Idlib and strengthens the positions of the Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham terrorist group.

“Under the pretext of caring for the Syrians forcibly held by Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham in Idlib as a human shield, American diplomacy, at the expense of its taxpayers, actually supports the militants,” it said.

“By strengthening the positions of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Washington is shooting itself in the foot, declaring its commitment to the territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic.”

Source: Agencies