Russia Dismisses NATO Delivery of Armored Vehicles to Ukraine

Soldiers follow a Marder infantry fighting vehicle during a demonstration event held for the media by the German Bundeswehr in Bergen near Hannover, Germany, on Sept. 28, 2011. Michael Sohn/AP Photo

The Russians dismissed the news of Western armored vehicles to Ukraine as inconsequential to the course of the conflict.

France, Germany, and the United States said last week that they would send light armored combat vehicles to Ukraine to fulfill their pledge to send more military support to Kyiv.