Germanys Baerbock Says Sending Weapons To Russia Make Suppliers Part Of Ukraine Conflict

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Friday that those who supply weapons or military goods to Russia should be regarded as participants in Ukraine conflict despite her previous claims that the West's arms supplies to Kiev do not make it party to the hostilities.

The German minister told reporters after an informal EU foreign ministers' meeting that Berlin urged "all countries of the world" not to support Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, "and certainly not through the supply of military goods, since supporting this war with weapons would mean participating in it."

At the same time, she noted that Western countries would continue to supply artillery and ammunition to Ukraine.