Russia said on Thursday that the plans of the United States to supply Ukraine with Patriot anti-missile defense systems are a new “challenge” and an expansion of US military involvement in the conflict in Ukraine, Reuters reports. politicians want to strike Moscow amid Pentagon support for drone strikes inside the Russian Federation.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow recommends Washington “draw the right conclusions” from Moscow’s warnings that US-supplied military equipment would be legitimate targets for Russian missile strikes.

Zakharova also stated that the United States will not be able to avoid responsibility for “terrorist actions by Kyiv”, including the targeting of missiles at Russian targets, reports the Russian news agency TASS.

“Washington, which practically became a party to the conflict, will not be able to avoid complicity in the terror unleashed by the Kyiv regime against the civilian population of Russia, and to remove responsibility for the death and destruction caused by American weapons at the behest of the Americans,” he said. Zakharova.

The minister’s spokesman, Serhiy Lavrov, claims that the “bombing of civilian objects on the territory of Russia” was carried out on the direct order of Kyiv “with the approval of the United States, which directly participates in the guidance of artillery and missile systems and which provides the satellite.” information to the forces of the Ukrainian Army”.

“American journalists write that the Pentagon has given the green light to drone attacks on Russian territory,” Zakharova also stated, adding that “inspired by this support, Ukrainian politicians are already announcing their intention to strike critical infrastructure facilities near Moscow.”

The USA plans to send Patriot systems to Ukraine

On Tuesday, senior US officials told The Washington Post that the Pentagon is preparing to supply Ukraine with the Patriot missile system, the most advanced US air defense weapon.

Joe Biden has also not yet approved the aid, but may do so soon, US officials said.

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that the Patriot air defense system that the United States is preparing to send to Kyiv would be a “legitimate target” for its strikes on Ukraine, Reuters reported.

The Biden administration plans to send Ukraine advanced electronic equipment that turns unguided aerial munitions into “smart bombs” capable of hitting Russian military positions with a high degree of accuracy, according to senior US officials cited by The Washington Post.

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