(ANSA) - ROME, FEBRUARY 25 - "The West is only prolonging Ukraine's agony in the hope of weakening Russia and then scrapping it," said Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, in an article published in National Defence. quoted by Ria Novosti.
"Ukraine's agony is being artificially prolonged by the West in the hope that in this way it will wear Russia down."
According to Medvedev, the US has spent 50 billion dollars on military aid to Ukraine.
"The Russian defense industry is working, no Western arms supply can give Kiev an advantage," he added.
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