“If your weapons hit us, we will retaliate”: Russia warns UK
Russia has warned the UK that it could target British military facilities in Ukraine and beyond if Ukraine uses British weapons to strike Russian territory.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has summoned the British ambassador to Moscow to express its protest against statements by British officials suggesting Ukraine's right to strike Russia with British weapons. The news was reported by Reuters
Russia's Foreign Ministry said Cameron's remarks recognized that Britain was now de facto party to the conflict and contradicted an earlier assurance that long-range weapons supplied to Ukraine would not be used against Russia.
“Casey was warned that in response to Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory with British weapons, any British military facilities and equipment on the territory of Ukraine and abroad” could be targeted, the Foreign Office said.
The Ministry said it considered Cameron's remarks a serious escalation.
British Storm Shadow missile
“The ambassador was invited to reflect on the inevitable catastrophic consequences of such hostile steps by London and to immediately refute the belligerent provocative statements of the head of the Foreign Office in the most decisive and unequivocal way.”
Cameron, during a visit to Kiev last week, told Reuters that Ukraine had the right to use British-supplied weapons to strike targets inside Russia, and that it was up to Kiev to decide whether to do so.
This development has raised concerns about the potential escalation of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Let us remember that the United Kingdom supplied the Storm Shadow missiles, as did France and, apparently, Italy.
This type of weapon is potentially capable of hitting Russian territory, given its range of 560 km. So far these missiles have been used mainly against bases in occupied territories.
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