Moscow:
Russian lawmaker Maria Butina said on Monday that President Joe Biden’s administration was risking World War III if it allowed Ukraine to use U.S.-made weapons to attack deeper into Russia. Ta.
“The Biden administration is still in power and is trying to escalate the situation to the maximum while it remains in office,” Butina told Reuters.
“I have great hope that Mr. (Donald) Trump will overcome this decision, given that it is in no one’s best interests to risk starting World War III.”
Reuters reported on Sunday that the Biden administration has decided to allow Ukraine to use American weapons to strike deep into Russia, citing two U.S. officials and people familiar with the decision.
The New York Times also reported that President Joe Biden’s administration had made the decision. The Kremlin has not yet commented on the report.
“Western countries have raised the level of escalation to such a level that by morning the Ukrainian state could end up in complete ruins,” Andrei Krishas, a member of the Russian parliament’s upper house, said on the messaging app Telegram. It has been decided.”
Vladimir Dzhabarov, First Deputy Chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the Russian Senate, said the Russian government would respond immediately. “This is a very big step towards the outbreak of World War III,” Dzhabarov was quoted as saying by TASS news agency.
Russia will have to make what Putin calls “appropriate decisions” based on new threats.
According to a report by Russian news agencies, Leonid Slutsky, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the State Duma, said that if the US approves Kiev’s attack on Russia with US ATACMS tactical missiles, it will lead to the harshest response.
“A US missile strike deep into Russian territory will inevitably involve serious escalation and could lead to more serious consequences,” TASS said, as quoted by Slutsky news agency.
President Vladimir Putin said on September 12 that Western approval for such a measure would require NATO military infrastructure and personnel to be involved in the targeting, and that it would “impair the commitment of NATO countries, the United States, and European countries to the Ukraine war.” “Direct involvement” means “direct involvement.” And the missile launch.
In late October, President Putin said the Russian Ministry of Defense was considering various ways to respond if the United States and its NATO allies helped Ukraine strike deep into Russia with long-range Western missiles. .
“I think there are some people in the United States who, for whatever reason, have nothing to lose, or who are completely outside society and don’t care,” he said, spending 15 months in a U.S. prison as a villain. Tabutina said. He is an unregistered Russian agent and currently a member of the ruling United Russia Party.
President Vladimir Putin also updated the country’s nuclear doctrine, saying that if Russia were to come under direct attack from the West, Russia could consider a nuclear response. Joe Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to use Western missiles to target Moscow is a step that puts such a response at risk.
