News - World: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Wednesday called on the West to stop supplying Ukraine with weapons, amid boiling tensions between Moscow and the West.

Sergei Ryabkov in remarks on Wednesday described such military help as a threat to his country, Interfax news agency reported. The senior Russian diplomat also defined the situation around European security as "critical."

Earlier in the day, a senior US official confirmed that Washington has authorized an additional 200 million dollars in security aid to Ukraine. Late last year, the White House delivered 450 million dollars in military aid to Ukraine.

Britain said this week it had begun supplying Ukraine with anti-tank weapons.

In a meeting with the visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier on Wednesday in Kiev, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed gratitude for Washington's growing military assistance. Blinken, for his part, warned that Moscow would face serious consequences if it chooses to renew aggression against Ukraine.

Source: Press TV