MOSCOW: Top Russian lawmakers said on Sunday that any Ukrainian strike against Russia using US missiles could lead to World War III. Reuters reported.
Washington’s decision to let kyiv strike deep into Russia with long-range US missiles has worsened the conflict in Ukraine. Two US officials and a source close to the decision revealed on Sunday a significant reversal in Washington’s policy in the Ukraine-Russia conflict.
“The West has decided on an escalation to such a level that by tomorrow morning it could lead to a complete ruin of the Ukrainian state,” said Andrei Klishas, a prominent member of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament, on the messaging application Telegram.
Vladimir Djabarov, first deputy chairman of the Russian Upper House’s international affairs committee, said Moscow’s response would be immediate.
“This is a big step towards the start of the Third World War,” said the TASS The official news agency quoted Dzhabarov as saying.
President Vladimir Putin said in September that the West would fight Russia directly if it allowed Ukraine to strike Russian territory with Western-made long-range missiles, a move he said would change the nature and the scope of the conflict.
Russia would be forced to make what Putin calls “appropriate decisions” based on new threats.
Leonid Slutsky, chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the lower house of the Duma, said that the US authorization of kyiv’s strikes on Russia with US ATACMS tactical missiles would entail the harshest response, news agencies reported. Russian press.
“US missile strikes deep into Russian regions will inevitably lead to a serious escalation, which is likely to lead to much more serious consequences. » TASS The news agency quoted Slutsky as saying.
