Earlier on Sunday, two American officials and a source familiar with the decision revealed the major shift in Washington’s policy towards… The Ukrainian-Russian conflict.
“The West is proceeding with a level of escalation that may end with the complete destruction of the Ukrainian state by morning,” Andrei Klishas, a senior member of the Federation Council, the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, said on the Telegram app.
Meanwhile, Vladimir Japarov, First Vice-Chairman of the Council’s International Affairs Committee, warned that a response Moscow It will be instant.
“This is a very big step towards a beginning,” Japarov was quoted as saying by TASS news agency World War III“.
President Vladimir Putin said in September that the West would be in direct confrontation with… Russia If Ukraine is allowed to strike Russian territory bLong range missiles Western-made, a step that he said would change the nature and scope of the conflict.
He added that Russia would be forced to make what he called “appropriate decisions” based on the new threats.
Leonid Slutsky, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives, said that the United States granting Kiev approval to strike Russia with missiles… Atakms It will elicit the strongest response.
TASS quoted Slutsky as saying, “The strikes BAmerican missiles “Deep in Russian regions, it will inevitably lead to a dangerous escalation, which portends even more serious consequences.”