Kremlin warns of escalation if West gives Ukraine longer range weapons
SpaceWar.com reports: “The Kremlin on Thursday warned of escalation in Ukraine if the West gives the pro-Western country more weapons capable of striking Russia. ‘Potentially, this is extremely dangerous, it will mean bringing the conflict […]
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SpaceWar.com reports: “The Kremlin on Thursday warned of escalation in Ukraine if the West gives the pro-Western country more weapons capable of striking Russia.
‘Potentially, this is extremely dangerous, it will mean bringing the conflict to a whole new level, which, of course, will not bode well from the point of view of global and pan-European security,’ Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
The warning comes on the eve of a key donor meeting as Western countries consider sending more powerful weapons to Ukraine.
On Friday, the United States will gather its allies at its airbase in Ramstein for a new round of talks on backing Ukraine militarily.
Peskov spoke after Moscow’s ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said Russia would retaliate if Ukraine uses Western-supplied weapons to target Russia or the Crimea peninsula, annexed from Ukraine in 2014…”
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