Дали односите меѓу Вучиќ и Путин се во негативна фаза?

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s relationship is in a “delicate situation” due to allegations that Ukraine is using rockets produced in Serbia and obtained from Serbia. Russian media has reported that 3,500 M-21 GRAD rockets of 122 mm caliber were delivered to the Ukrainian army from the well-known Serbian weapon factory “Krusik” in Valjevo via Turkey and Slovakia, and claimed that if Serbia is working behind Moscow’s back as a “fraternal ally” against its statements of “neutrality in this conflict”, the news is “disturbing and disappointing”. The problem stems from Serbia’s support for the Russian side in the war in Ukraine and its declaration of neutrality, which Russia considers an ally, according to the media. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova expressed her “deepest concern” about what she called “reports of the sale of Serbian weapons to Ukraine” and called for an “official explanation from Belgrade” about the fact that “Serbian weapons were delivered to Ukraine”. “This is a very serious issue from the standpoint of Russo-Serbian relations and it is necessary to focus on the facts,” said Zakharova, warning Belgrade that “Moscow will draw lessons and conclusions from this case”. Serbian Defence Minister Milos Vucevic, one of Vucic’s closest collaborators, said that Serbia does not sell weapons to Ukraine, but that they may have arrived there from “resellers”. “Whether private companies buy from third markets and sell to companies in other countries is not a question for Serbia. It could be of intelligence interest to us,” Vucevic said. Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said that “Serbia does not sell weapons to Ukraine” and argued that since the start of the war Serbia has not given weapons to “either side in the conflict”. “I claim that Serbia has not exported weapons to Ukraine because my ministry issues export permits. We do not export military equipment to any country that we believe could be problematic and controversial in any way,” Dacic said.