Russia said today that it views the promised delivery of Western tanks to Ukraine as evidence of growing American and European involvement in the conflict, Reuters reported, citing BTA.

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The Kremlin reacted for the first time to the announcements by the USA and Germany yesterday that they will arm Ukraine with dozens of battle tanks in its fight against Russia.

"There are constant statements from European capitals and Washington that the delivery of various weapons systems to Ukraine, including tanks, in no way means the participation of these countries or the alliance in military actions in Ukraine," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

"We categorically disagree with that, and in Moscow everything that the alliance and the capitals that I mentioned are doing is seen as direct involvement in the conflict. We see that intensifying," he added.

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Ukraine wants hundreds of modern tanks to give its troops the firepower they need to break through Russian defense lines and retake occupied territories in the south and east.

Until now, both Ukraine and Russia have relied primarily on Soviet-era T-72 tanks.

Russia, which started the war by invading Ukraine on February 24 last year, has increasingly portrayed this conflict as a confrontation with NATO.

"The course of the special military operation in Ukraine shows that the US and NATO intend to continue their efforts to prolong this military conflict and have become participants in it," Nikolai Patrushev, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, said today.

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The Interfax news agency quoted him as saying that "even with the end of the 'hot phase' of the conflict in Ukraine, the Anglo-Saxon world will not stop the puppet war against Russia and its allies."

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