MOSCOW, March 9. /TASS/. Through its embassies, Moscow has notified numerous countries that they would shoulder responsibility for any experiments with military assistance to Ukraine, by sending weapons or volunteer fighters there, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik Radio.
"Russia has already reacted. Notification was given that countries involved in supplying weapons or sending so-called volunteers for any experimental schemes in this field would be held accountable," the diplomat specified. "These countries should grasp what responsibility they will shoulder for this. How will they comprehend it? Quite simple. Our diplomats, ambassadors, and our embassies have conveyed our clear-cut, well-formulated position to these capitals."
Zakharova stressed that this move by Moscow largely had an effect, because following this, the out-of-control rhetoric echoed by individual countries has become somewhat restrained. According to her, European states should be aware that the volunteers and mercenaries sent to Ukraine "will return as hardcore combatants," to Europe, similar to those from the Middle East flooding the EU for many years now.