From Russian lawmaker warns West over supplies of long-range missiles to Ukraine
This photo released by Belgorod regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov's Telegram channel on Sept. 2, 2024 shows firefighters extinguishing burning cars in the courtyard of an apartment building after a missile attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the city of Belgorod, Russia. (Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov Telegram channel via AP)
Russia will consider the United States and its allies to be parties to the Ukraine war and Moscow will use more powerful weapons if the West allows Ukraine to use long-range weapons for strikes deep into Russia, a senior lawmaker says.
“Washington and other European states are becoming parties to the war in Ukraine,” Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of Russia’s Duma, the lower house of parliament, says on Telegram.
Volodin says that the United States, Germany, France, and Britain were becoming parties to the conflict.
“All this will lead to the fact that our country will be forced to respond using more powerful and destructive weapons to protect its citizens,” Volodin says.
