The Kremlin considers that David Cameron’s statements contradict the guarantee given to Moscow that British weapons delivered to Ukraine will not be used against Russia.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry threatened this Monday that the country’s forces could attack “any British military installations or equipment on Ukrainian territory and beyond” if kyiv uses “British weapons” against targets in Russia.
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The Russian Ministry stated in a statement that it had summoned the British ambassador in Moscow, Nigel Casey, to alert him to this possibility, following statements by the British Foreign Minister, David Cameron, “about Ukraine’s right to attack Russian territory using weapons.” British.” .
“The Embassador [britânico] “You are called upon to reflect on the inevitable catastrophic consequences of London’s hostile measures and to immediately refute the belligerent and provocative statements of the head of diplomacy, in the most decisive and unequivocal manner,” explained the Russian Government.
David Cameron’s remarks came during a visit to kyiv last week, when the British minister stated that Ukraine had the right to use weapons supplied by the United Kingdom to attack targets inside Russia, and that the decision to do so or not was only to kyiv.
According to the Kremlin (Russian presidency), the British minister’s statements acknowledged that the country is, in fact, a party to the conflict, contradicting a previously given guarantee that long-range weapons delivered to Ukraine would not be used against Russia.
David Cameron’s statementscaused a direct escalation of the conflict“, considered the Kremlin.
Source: Observadora
