Story by Kate Nicholson
According to the Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov, the States risks “fatal consequences” if it lets Ukraine to use American weapons to strike inside Russia.
His warning comes after US president Joe Biden gave Kyiv the heads up to do just that, although only in a limited capacity.
He said Ukraine could use American weapons to reach targets inside Russia which were supporting an attack Ukraine’s Kharkiv region.
According to the Russian state news agency RIA, Ryabkov said: “I would like to warn American leaders against miscalculations that could have fatal consequences.
“For unknown reasons, they underestimate the seriousness of the rebuff they may receive.
“I urge these figures [in the US]... to spend some of their time, which they apparently spend on some kind of video games, judging by the lightness of their approach, on studying what was said in detail by Putin.”
He claimed that Putin has delivered a “very significant warning and it must be taken with the utmost seriousness” last week.
The Russian president claimed there would be “serious consequences” if Western weapons hit his country.
