“The decision taken on this issue, of course, may have certain political consequences,” the diplomat told RIA Novosti.
Nebenzya also noted that all weapons, no matter who sends them to kyiv, will meet the same fate: they will be destroyed.
Earlier, Western media reported that the US, Israeli and Ukrainian authorities are negotiating the supply of up to eight Patriot systems to kyiv. The Pentagon, for its part, said it had not heard anything about such plans.
Meanwhile, the US Department of Defense announced yesterday that it had signed a contract with Lockheed Martin to develop Patriot air defense systems worth about $5.2 billion.
