Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman: Given Ukraine’s strikes with British weapons, Moscow has every right to attack British military facilities

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova
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London, Paris, and Berlin are direct participants in terrorist attacks carried out by the Kiev regime on Russian territory, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, TASS quotes. Given Ukraine’s strikes with British weapons, Moscow has every right to attack British military facilities, she said at a briefing.

London’s transfer of Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Kiev confirms London’s direct involvement in the conflict: "The story with the Storm Shadows perfectly encapsulates London’s involvement in the Ukrainian conflict."

The United Kingdom did everything it could to eschew questions about the use of Storm Shadow, but at some point "their use became obvious," Zakharova stresses.

Russia is well within its right to retaliate to Ukrainian strikes using British weapons by targeting "any British military facilities and equipment in Ukraine and beyond."

The UK will not be able to shift responsibility onto "Kiev’s puppets" for transferring the technology for the independent production of Storm Shadow missiles: "Now we are hearing that London is ready to provide Kiev with the information necessary to produce Storm Shadows on its own. I believe Andy Burnham’s government understands what this will lead to. They understand how the Ukrainian armed forces militants would use Storm Shadows if they had the opportunity to actively replenish their arsenal - which, naturally, our military will not allow. But London won’t be able to shift the responsibility onto Kiev’s puppets," Zakharova said.

Any foreign troops in Ukraine that "hinder the conduct of the special military operation and the achievement of our goals are categorically unacceptable and will become legitimate military targets."

In this case, the West will be responsible for further escalation of the conflict: "The responsibility for this will fall on those Western politicians who have decided on further escalation."

The exercise of the occupation forces announced by the Coalition of the Willing for October-November in the European Union countries bordering Ukraine is, in fact, nothing more than "another step towards even greater involvement of the European NATO countries in the conflict."

The United Kingdom and France are direct participants in terrorist attacks carried out by the Kiev regime in Russia: "You in Paris, London, Berlin and other capitals are directly responsible as participants in terrorist attacks," Zakharova said.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb, in justifying Kiev’s strikes against civilian targets in Russia, becomes a terrorist: "If he, understanding that this is a purely civilian facility, justifies its destruction - and the destruction not only of the facility’s infrastructure but also the killing of people - then he himself is a terrorist," Zakharova said.

Stubb brings shame to his people by preaching Russophobia, nationalism, and xenophobia: "It never even occurred to them [the citizens of Finland] that he would shame them by preaching nationalism and xenophobia. But that's how it is, by making such statements, he is bringing shame to his country, nation, and people."

Russia will not leave "any hostile attack" by Finland or any other Russophobic country unanswered. "And a measured response will inevitably follow, fully in line with our national interests," Zakharova added.

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