The Kremlin warned that if the United States allowed Ukraine to use its weapons to attack Russia, it would lead to increased tensions and Washington’s involvement in the conflict, the newspaper reported. Tutor.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday at his daily news conference that there is no change in President Vladimir Putin’s position regarding the use of U.S. weapons against Russia after that President Joe Biden on Sunday approved Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles to attack Russia. territory, as reported on Sunday by the newspaper ‘The New York Times’ and the news agencies Reuters and Associated Press.
Peskov said on Monday that Russia only learned about the Biden administration’s alleged decision from the Western press, since there was no official announcement from Washington yet. He added that if it is confirmed that the West has given the green light to kyiv, this will lead to “a new phase of tension and a new situation regarding the involvement of the United States” in the conflict, according to declarations collected by the EFE Agency.
For his part, the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Duma (Lower House of Russian Parliament), Leonid Slutsky, declared that “the use of American missiles for attacks inside Russia would inevitably lead to a serious escalation” of the conflict. according to the Russian news agency TASS.
The decision, if confirmed, represents a sea change in Biden’s policy regarding support for kyiv, just two months before he leaves office and transfers power to President-elect Donald Trump, who has a very different regarding the involvement of the United States in Russian affairs. war against Ukraine.
