Russia said that any troops sent to Ukraine by Western governments would be "legitimate combat targets", after the UK and France announced plans to deploy a multinational force there in the event of a ceasefire.
A Russian Foreign Ministry statement said "militaristic declarations" by a coalition of pro-Ukraine Western governments were becoming increasingly dangerous.
Russia was responding for the first time to a meeting of the "coalition of the willing" in Paris on Tuesday at which the UK and France signed a declaration of intent on the future deployment.
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Размещение на Украине войск и военных объектов Запада будет рассматриваться как интервенция, несущая угрозу безопасности, заявила Мария Захарова.
ReplyDeleteОфициальный представитель МИД РФ отметила, что подразделения и военные объекты Запада на Украине будут рассматриваться в качестве законных военных целей.
Moscow warns that the deployment of Western military units, military facilities, and other infrastructure in Ukraine will be viewed as an intervention that poses a direct threat to security, and that they will become legitimate targets for the Russian Armed Forces, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
ReplyDelete"As clarified by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron, who signed the corresponding trilateral statement along with [Vladimir] Zelensky, London and Paris plan to establish their own military bases in Ukraine post-ceasefire and build weapon and military equipment storage facilities," she said.
"The Russian Foreign Ministry warns that the deployment of military units and the setting-up of military facilities, storages and other Western infrastructure on Ukrainian territory will be qualified as foreign intervention that directly threatens the security of Russia and other European countries. All such units and facilities will be considered as legitimate military targets for the Russian Armed Forces. Warnings to this effect have been repeatedly made at the highest level and remain relevant," Zakharova noted.