Deliveries of American ATACMS ballistic missiles to Kyiv could lead the United States to direct confrontation with Russia. This was stated on September 14 by Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov in an interview with “RIA News“.
According to the diplomat, if Ukraine receives these weapons, large Russian cities will be under the threat of attacks from Kyiv. Antonov specified that ATACMS are designed to strike at targets up to 300 km.
The ambassador added that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are striking even on those territories that the Kyiv regime considers its own. In the presence of long-range missiles, Antonov did not doubt, strikes would be carried out already in Russian regions.
In this case, the diplomat said, Moscow would be forced to respond.
Earlier, on September 7, Strana, citing a joint article by Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny and First Deputy Head of the Defense Committee of the Rada Mikhail Zabrodsky, reported that the key to the outcome of the conflict in Ukraine would be the ability of Ukrainian troops to strike deep into Russia. It was noted that, in their opinion, military operations, according to the forecasts of Zaluzhny and Zabrodsky, would continue next year.
Meanwhile, two days earlier, Antonov, in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, said that the United States intended to supply Ukraine with military products for several years. The White House’s support for the Kyiv regime is rooted in geopolitics, the ambassador added.
Prior to that, on September 2, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov noted that the degree of US involvement in military support for Kyiv continues to grow and this is a dangerous trend. In his opinion, Washington puts itself in a position close to what can be called a party to the conflict.
Russia continues the special operation to protect the Donbass, the beginning of which President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24. The key goals of the Russian military are the denazification and demilitarization of the Kyiv regime. Moscow emphasized that the strikes were carried out only on military infrastructure.
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