MOSCOW, January 31. /TASS/. The Baltic countries and Poland are ready to do anything to provoke further confrontation with Russia thinking little of any repercussions, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday.
"Overall, we see quite an aggressive attitude by members of the Baltic states and Poland," the Kremlin official said, replying to a request to comment on Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda's call to cross red lines and deliver fighter jets to Ukraine. "Apparently, they are ready to do anything to up the ante on further confrontation, probably thinking little of the consequences. Of course, it is very sad that under these conditions, let’s say, the leaders of major European countries that are the engine of all European processes, unfortunately, are not playing a balancing role and are not balancing members with extremist inclinations," he emphasized.
"As for the potential continued increase in the collective West’s involvement in this conflict (in Ukraine - TASS), it is obvious that the increase is in progress. We are taking this into account. I will reiterate that it won’t change the course of the events," the Kremlin press secretary added.
Earlier on Tuesday, Nauseda said that Western countries should cross all red lines and provide the Kiev regime with up-to-date fighter jets and long-range missiles.
On January 25, Washington announced its plans to supply the Zelensky regime with 31 M1 Abrams ranks. The German government confirmed that it would send 14 Leopard 2 tanks from Germany’s military stockpiles to Ukraine and issue permits to other countries for their re-export. On Wednesday, the defense ministries of Norway and Slovakia announced their plans to provide tanks to Kiev. Earlier, the UK, Poland and France said they would send their tanks to Ukraine. Following this, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said in a video address published on Telegram that Ukraine needed to expand cooperation and also receive long-range missiles and warplanes from the West.