The Russian president’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, commenting on a Bloomberg report about the use of Storm Shadow missiles against a target in the Kursk region, called this a new escalation and refused to say anything more “on this issue.” “.
“A new escalation is taking place. This is a very irresponsible position taken by the outgoing administration. [президента США Джо Байдена]”, — said Peskov, answering a question from journalists about how the Kremlin evaluates this development of events, taking into account confirmed data on the use of ATACMS missiles against targets in Russia, TASS reports.
Peskov did not respond to the question of whether Russia has confirmation that British Storm Shadow missiles were used against it, as the media reported.
“Now I would not like to say anything more on this issue, which is the prerogative of our military department,” – explained the Kremlin representative.
As reported EADailyOn November 20, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that on the night of November 19, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the territory of the Bryansk region with ATACMS missiles, five of them were shot down by the Pantsir and S-400 complexes, and another was damaged.
Previously, Washington, Paris and London leaked to the media information about their permission to attack Russian territory with American ATACMS long-range tactical ballistic missiles and, respectively, SCALP and Storm Shadow tactical missiles. Thus, The New York Times newspaper, citing White House officials, reported that the “green light” for long-range attacks was the Biden administration’s response to the alleged transfer of North Korean troops to the Kursk region.
