Africa Business Radio

The Kremlin says it is alarmed by a Western push to supply Ukraine with high-tech weapons that it claims are being used by Kyiv to provoke Moscow. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov’s comments come amid weeks of escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine, with both sides accusing one another of mobilising military units along their shared border. Peskov says Kyiv is itself building up its forces and being helped to build up its forces by being supplied with a significant amount of weapons, including modern high-tech weapons. He added that the number of provocations is growing significantly and these provocations are being carried out with weapons being supplied by NATO countries.