Russia yesterday warned the west insisting that there would be a tough military response if the west continue to interfere on the ongoing war between Moscow and Ukraine.
They accused the United States and its key allies of undermining European security by openly inciting Ukraine to assault Russia.
In recent days Moscow reported what it says are a series of attacks by Ukrainian forces on Russian regions which border Ukraine.
Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters in Moscow that western influence on the ongoing war will have a risk of a significant escalation.
“In the West, they are openly calling on Kyiv to attack Russia including with the use of weapons received from NATO countries.
“I don’t advise you to test our patience further,” she said.
The Kremlin said Western – and in particular British – attempts to supply heavy weapons to Ukraine threatened the security of Europe.
“In itself, the tendency to pump weapons, including heavy weapons, to Ukraine and other countries are actions that threaten the security of the continent and provoke instability,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Sergei Naryshkin, the chief of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), accused the US and Poland of plotting to gain a sphere of influence in Ukraine, the strongest signal from Moscow that the war could end with forced partition of Ukraine between the West and Russia.
Russia’s defence ministry said on Tuesday that if such attacks continued then Moscow would target decision-making centres in Ukraine, including those where it said Western advisers were helping Kyiv.
“Kyiv and West capitals should take the statement from the Ministry of Defence seriously that further inciting of Ukraine to strike Russian territory will definitely lead to a tough response from Russia,” Zakharova said.
Zakharova cast Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as a puppet of the West, who was being used by the United States to threaten Russia.
