The Kremlin is outraged at remarks from British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, who declared Ukraine had a right to use weapons provided by London to hit targets inside Russia
She said British targets 'in Ukraine and beyond' could be hit in such a scenario Moscow will retaliate with strikes on British targets if weapons from the UK are used by Ukraine to attack Russia n territory, Russia n Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova declared today.
Zakharova's statement came hours after Russia bombarded Ukraine's second city with yet more missiles, killing at least seven people as of this afternoon. Volunteers carry the body of a person killed by Russian missile strikes at a compound of a printworks, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine May 23, 2024Yars intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from an air field during military drills in RussiaEarlier this month, the speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament Vyacheslav Volodin said that the use of US and Western weapons against targets inside Russia could trigger a new level of confrontation.
'In terms of what the Ukrainians do, in our view, it is their decision about how to use these weapons, they're defending their country, they were illegally invaded by Putin and they must take those steps,' he said. Volunteers carry the body of a person killed by Russian missile strikes at a compound of a printworks, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine May 23, 2024
At least 16 people were injured as S-300 missiles struck the city of Kharkiv, regional governor Oleh Synehubov said.Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky called the attack 'extremely cruel', and went on to express renewed frustration at not getting enough air defence systems from the country's western partners to prevent the barrages after more than two years of unrelenting war.
Emergency workers carry the body of a person killed by Russian missile strikes at a compound of a printworks, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine May 23, 2024 Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said the attacks underscored the country's 'urgent' need for more US-made Patriot systems to defend its skies.
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