Classified Pentagon document seems to show Serbia has committed to sending lethal aid or has supplied it already
Serbia, the only country in Europe that has refused to impose sanctions on Russia for its invasion of, agreed to supply arms to Kyiv or has sent them already, according to a classified Pentagon document.
The document is marked secret and “NOFORN”, prohibiting its distribution to foreign intelligence services and militaries. It is dated 2 March, and embossed with the seal of the office of the joint chiefs of staff.The office of the Serbian president, Aleksandar Vučić, and the Ukrainian embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“If this document is accurate, it either shows Vučić duplicity vis-a-vis Russia or he’s under enormous pressure from Washington to deliver weapons to Ukraine,” said Janusz Bugajski, an eastern European expert with the Jamestown Foundation, a foreign policy institute. Moscow said in March it had asked Belgrade for an official explanation of the alleged deliveries, the state-run Tass news agency quoted Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova as saying.
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