Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov slammed President Joe Biden on Friday for purposely escalating the conflict in Ukraine to hand President-elect Donald Trump a more chaotic situation, the Russian News Agency reported.

Ukraine on Tuesday targeted a Russian weapons arsenal using lone-range U.S.-made ATACMS missiles. The next day, Biden agreed to provide Ukraine with anti-personnel land mines, additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, as well as chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear protective equipment.

Wednesday’s announcement marked the 70th tranche of equipment to be provided by the U.S. Department of Defense to Ukraine since August 2021.

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