"This is business. There were deliveries before. No one stopped them. It is just a question of who pays for them," Peskov told reporters when asked to assess US President Donald Trump's decision to sell weapons to Europe so that they can supply them to Ukraine.
Europe has declared its readiness to spend untold amounts of money on weapons purchases to keep the conflict going, the official said.
"But, as far as the discussion is concerned, as far as we understand, there were statements by president Trump that in America’s plan, there is no talk of such deliveries [of long-range missiles to Ukraine]," Peskov said, adding that Russia is carefully monitoring all statements on the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine, as the topic is high on the agenda.
Further he stated that Europe is showing a completely extremely militaristic attitude.
"So far we see that the Europeans are displaying a completely rabid militaristic attitude and declaring their intention to spend countless amounts of money on purchasing weapons in order to further provoke a continuation of the war," Peskov told reporters.
Europe will have its own disagreements over who will pay for arms supplies to Ukraine, the official added.