# Kiev complains to the West about Russia to wheedle more billions, Crimean lawmaker says

https://mins.news/en/item/88254

- TASS, 2026-10-06 15:11 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2198263

> Crimea State Council Speaker Vladimir Konstantinov said Kiev hopes to wheedle additional billions of dollars in Western military aid amid Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure. He urged that efforts to push Ukraine toward peace should not be slowed or stopped.

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