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The US military deny involvement in the attacks on the refinery of Russia. Ukrai...

Ukraine received weapons only for defense: Pentagon about attacks on Russian refinery

The US military deny involvement in the attacks on the refinery of Russia. Ukraine does not receive any assistance for attacks in the Russian territory from the United States. This was stated during a briefing by the Pentagon Speaker Patrick Ryder. Thus, he commented at the request of journalists of the attack of Ukrainian UAVs in oil refineries. "The assistance we provide to Ukraine is intended for them to protect our sovereign territory and return our sovereign territory.

We do not provide any assistance for use beyond this," the Ryder assured. Separately, a representative of the US defense department suggested that journalists ask the Ukrainian side regarding the blows of drones on Russian refineries. It is known that on March 22, the American edition of Financial Times, with reference to its own sources, reported that in the White House they were dissatisfied with the strikes of Ukraine on Russian refinery.

The authors of the material also noted that the Ukrainian leadership had received appropriate reservations. Subsequently, the State Department made a number of applications on this topic. In particular, the State Department did not directly confirm the State Department, but did not deny the information of Financial Times. He added that the United States "does not encourage or support the task of strikes of Ukraine outside its territory.

" In addition, the speaker of the Pentagon Patrick Ryder during a briefing stated that Ukraine was using its own weapons for attacks on oil refineries. On April 3, it became known that due to Ukraine attacks on Russian refineries, Russia's airlines were forced to reduce fuel consumption for aircraft. In particular, the airflot air carrier took such a step.