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| Russian Foreign Ministry says NATO will have to answer for Ukraine’s strikes on Russian territory |
| 2024-05-31 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] On May 30,the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, commented on the discussions regarding the decision by NATO countries to use long-range missile weapons against the Russian Federation in her Telegram channel. “For a long time now, there has been a discussion in the Western information field about whether or not NATO allows some regime to use these weapons under the so-called. “old” territory of Russia,” she noted. Zakharova called these fictitious discussions in which one cannot participate. According to her, Ukrainians are not able to independently use ATACMS, Storm Shadow and SCALP. This is only possible with the help of space reconnaissance. The flight mission of these munitions is formed in the NATO countries themselves, the diplomat recalled. “In one case they are delivered to missile systems directly from NATO bases, in the other they are transmitted via tablets. But, in any case, the maximum participation of Ukrainian military personnel in this process is to suggest a target on the map. And then it’s up to NATO members. And, as a rule, they determine these goals themselves,” wrote an official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry. She emphasized that Washington, London and Paris must realize that Russia is well aware of NATO's role in carrying out these strikes. Zakharova advised the West not to “blow these lexical bubbles.” “They don’t need to give Ukraine any “permissions” or “non-permissions” for this. This is the work of NATO members. And they will have to answer for this,” she concluded. As reported by IA Regnum, The New York Times previously wrote that US President Joe Biden will inevitably issue permission to use American weapons to strike Russian territory. It is alleged that the White House has already launched an accelerated procedure for reviewing the ban on the Ukrainian army using US military assistance. On May 25, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called on the West to lift the current restrictions for Kiev on attacks with NATO weapons on Russian territory. Moreover, according to him, Kyiv already has the opportunity to strike Russian territory, since some Western countries have not prohibited it from doing so. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said on May 28 that the heads of the defense ministries of the association countries will discuss the possibility of lifting restrictions on Kiev’s use of Western weapons to strike Russia. The diplomat indicated that he does not see a problem with Ukraine carrying out such strikes. According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations of Hungary, Peter Szijjártó, Ukraine’s use of Western weapons to strike Russian territory will lead to retaliatory strikes from Moscow, so this is a crazy idea. Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that representatives of the alliance countries, primarily from Europe, must be aware of the consequences of such statements and actions. |
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