In statements carried by the Russian “Ria Novosti” agency, Antonov called “the United States and its allies not to cross the red line, which they are approaching.”
“Stop the injection of lethal weapons into the Kyiv regime, which will only lead to more casualties and destruction, and prolong the conflict,” he added.
The Russian ambassador’s statement came in response to the White House statement, which conveyed statements by US President Joe Biden, in which he affirmed Washington’s pledge to continue providing Ukraine with the necessary support to defend itself, including advanced air defense systems.
Even before the outbreak of the war, the United States provided huge military aid to Ukraine, but it intensified during the fighting, and this aid is estimated at billions of dollars, the most recent of which was on October 5, at a value of 625 million dollars.
Antonov said the White House statement was a new confirmation that “Washington has strengthened its position as a participant in the conflict” with Ukraine.
Biden had called his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, to express Washington’s solidarity with Kyiv, after Russia carried out massive strikes in a number of Ukrainian cities.
The US president has vowed to impose more sanctions on Moscow.
The Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and various regions of the country were subjected to Russian missile strikes, on Monday morning, which is unprecedented for the capital, which was in a state of relative calm in the last months of the war, as Russia focused its war efforts on the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine.
After the missile strikes ended, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that strikes of various types of weapons were directed at Ukrainian military sites.
Putin added that the response in the event of a repeat of “terrorist acts” would be “more severe.”
The Russian president was talking about the attack, which targeted, on Saturday, the Kerch bridge, which connects the Russian mainland with the Crimea, and Moscow accuses Kyiv of masterminding it.
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