With the lifting of restrictions on US longer-range missiles owned by the Ukrainian military, the Russian leadership is now warning of a “fundamentally new situation” in the war in Ukraine. Several MPs warned on Monday that this would endanger the outbreak of the Third World War. US President Biden has decided to leave office as ‘Bloody Joe’ and go down in history, a politician said.
Biden is making it harder not only for his designated successor Donald Trump to end the war in Ukraine, but also to avoid a global confrontation. This reaffirms that the US is directly involved in the war in Ukraine, said Leonid Slutsky of Russia’s ultranationalist Liberal Democratic Party.
Kremlin: “Outgoing government wants to add fuel to the fire”
“US missile strikes deep into Russian territory will inevitably lead to a major escalation that threatens to have much more serious consequences,” the chairman of the State Duma’s Foreign Affairs Committee told Moscow state news agency TASS. If the information is confirmed, Slutsky said, Russia will respond in the strongest possible terms.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova referred to previous statements by ruler Vladimir Putin about the possible release of the weapons. He had also repeatedly warned of a new escalation of the war if that happened. If the decision is officially confirmed in Washington, it would lead to a “fundamentally new situation regarding US involvement in this conflict,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned on Monday. It is “clear” that the outgoing US administration wants to add “fuel to the fire”.
Probably a response to North Korean aid to Kursk
In concrete terms, this concerns the deployment of so-called ATACMS guided missiles (see graph below) against targets, including on Russian territory. According to reports, the target is initially aimed at Russian forces in the Russian region of Kursk, where the Ukrainian army has been able to establish itself since the summer and is now being repelled with the help of North Korean help.
Putin had warned in mid-September that Western approval of such a move would mean “the direct participation of NATO countries, the US and European countries in the war in Ukraine,” as NATO’s military infrastructure and personnel are targeted. and firing the missiles should be involved. In late October, Putin said the Russian Defense Ministry was preparing for multiple response options.
Demand: EU countries must now follow this example
Before the EU Council of Foreign Ministers in Brussels on Monday, numerous participants, together with EU Foreign Affairs Representative Josep Borrell, supported the authorization given by US President Biden over the weekend, reports show. Ahead of what is expected to be his last council, Borrell appealed to EU member states to allow Ukraine to use European weapons for attacks inside Russia. Borrell also called for faster support for Ukraine. The Spaniard now expects further discussion about the use of weapons in Ukraine and he hopes “that the member states agree with this”.
Source: Krone
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