Russia spoke out about the US secretly transferring ATACMS long-range missiles to Ukraine

White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters on April 24 that President Joe Biden had ordered Kiev to be provided with a “significant” number of ATACMS missiles for use against Russian troops. within Ukraine. Pentagon spokesman Major Charlie Dietz later revealed that this missile with a range of up to 300km “was secretly sent to Ukraine to maintain security operations”.

In an article posted on the Telegram channel today (April 25), Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov called the transfer of long-range missiles ATACMS to Kiev “unjustifiable”. Mr. Antonov accused this US move of “increasing the threat to the security of the Crimean peninsula, including the city of Sevastopol, the newly annexed regions of Russia (including Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia) as well as other cities of Russia”.

According to RT, Mr. Antonov appeared skeptical of US officials’ assurances that long-range missiles would not be used to attack Russian territory. This diplomat cited the evidence that Moscow forces shot down mid-range ATACMS missiles Ukraine received last September. He believes the same could happen with the long-range version of ATACMS.

However, the Russian ambassador asserted that no missile or weapon can help defeat Moscow. “Aren’t politicians in America afraid of drowning in the quagmire of conflict? Washington will not be able to escape from the terrible swamp that has been soaked in the blood of its soldiers,” Mr. Antonov warned.

On the same day, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also condemned Washington’s admission of transferring long-range ATACMS missiles to Kiev in the context that Ukraine and Western allies are trying to “drag” the international community to participate. participate in the conference to end the conflict between the two neighboring countries without Russia’s participation.

Neither the US nor Ukraine have yet responded to the above statements by Russian officials.

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