Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday (19) that the attack on the Russian region of Bryansk by Ukraine using ATACMS missiles supplied by the United States is a clear sign that the West wants to intensify the conflict.
“The fact that ATACMS were used repeatedly in the Bryansk region overnight is, of course, a sign that they want intensification,” Lavrov told reporters in Rio de Janeiro, where he is for the G20 Summit.
“Without the Americans, it is impossible to use these high-tech missiles, as Putin has repeatedly said,” he added.
Putin said on September 12 that Western approval for Ukrainian long-range missile strikes would mean “the direct involvement of NATO countries [a aliança militar Ocidental]United States and European countries in the war in Ukraine”.
This is because military infrastructure and NATO agents would have to be involved in directing and firing the missiles.
Russia said on Tuesday that Ukraine fired six American-made ATACMS missiles at the Bryansk region.
Lavrov said he hoped that Moscow’s new nuclear doctrine, in which President Vladimir Putin lowered the “threshold” for a nuclear attack, would be viewed carefully.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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