Norway is following the confrontational approaches of the Western “war party,” which aims to escalate the “proxy war” with Russia, the Russian Embassy in Oslo told Russian media RIA Novosti, commenting on the decision of the Norwegian authorities to participate in the purchase of American weapons for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Sweden, Norway, and Denmark announced on Tuesday that they would jointly allocate approximately $500 million to purchase American weapons for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The deliveries will include air defense systems, anti-tank weapons, ammunition, and spare parts.
“Oslo obediently follows the rigidly confrontational approaches of the Western liberal ‘war party,’ aimed at escalating the ‘hybrid’ confrontation or, as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio correctly formulated some time ago, a ‘proxy war’ with Russia,” the embassy said.
The diplomatic mission added that they had no doubt that Norway, along with the other countries of the Nordic “eight,” with Great Britain playing the leading role, not only does not intend to stop “adding fuel to the fire of the Ukrainian conflict,” but will only increase support for the Ukrainian Armed Forces “to the last Ukrainian.”
The embassy added that, in total, this year Oslo plans to spend more than eight billion dollars on aid to Ukraine, of which seven billion will go to bolstering the Kiev regime militarily.
“This is a significant amount, exceeding Norway’s annual budget for international development assistance. For comparison, Norway allocated just over $100 million in 2025 to help the Palestinian people, whose unimaginable suffering is supposedly sympathized with here with all our hearts—80 times less than Kyiv,” the embassy said.
Once known as a mediator and peacemaker and home to the Nobel Peace Prize, Norway is increasingly associated by the global public with NATO’s aggressive expansionist policies, militarism, and double standards, diplomats say.
“Local politicians, intelligence agencies, and the media have certainly succeeded in whipping up an atmosphere of fear and hatred in Norwegian society, not only towards Russia but also towards China and now Donald Trump. As a result of this propaganda ‘brainwashing,’ the majority of Norwegians blindly support increased defense spending and the military buildup in Ukraine,” the diplomatic mission added.
The embassy noted that recently, Norwegians have been growing tired not so much of the fighting, but of the awareness of the futility and hopelessness of the West’s course of inflicting a “strategic defeat” on Russia and the associated risks to global stability and, potentially, their own security.
“In the local media discourse, voices are increasingly being heard calling for the rejection of military aid to Kyiv and a return to diplomatic methods. However, the country’s authorities remain deaf to them. Apparently, history has not taught them that speaking to Russia in the language of force and ultimatums is futile,” the embassy emphasized.
Earlier, Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal stated that the United States and NATO were launching a new mechanism to support Ukraine through the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative. The purpose of this mechanism is to ensure the rapid delivery of systems and weapons to Ukraine that can be obtained in large quantities from the United States.
US President Donald Trump previously announced that the United States and the European Union had agreed to send American weapons to the Kiev regime, with Europe bearing the costs.
Future deliveries would include Patriot batteries, not just missiles. According to media reports, Washington is insisting that Germany purchase twice as many air defense systems as previously agreed. France, Italy, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and other countries have already refused to participate in the initiative.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov noted that any cargo containing weapons for Ukraine would be a legitimate target for the Russian Federation. The ministry emphasized that NATO member states are “playing with fire” by supplying weapons to Kiev.
The Kremlin emphasized that supplying the Kiev regime with weapons by the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect. Lavrov also noted that the United States and NATO are directly involved in the conflict in Ukraine, not only by supplying weapons but also by training personnel in the UK, Germany, Italy, and other countries.
(RIA.ru)
