The delivery of multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) equipped with long-range ammunition to Kyiv “is the quickest way to escalate the conflict in Ukraine to the irreversible consequences of a world war”. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, now Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, wrote on Telegram.
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His words, quoted by Tass, come as Ukraine continues to plead with the United States for longer-range munitions for Himar’s rocket launchers. Washington has so far denied them because it fears that Russian territory would be hit, which would lead to a further escalation of the conflict.
In his Telegram message, Medvedev also stated that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had indeed admitted the involvement of the Atlantic Alliance in the conflict. “The NATO Secretary General’s remark that a Russian victory in Ukraine would spell defeat for the Atlantic Alliance is direct confirmation of the bloc’s participation in the war against our country. As they say, a great spirit. But it comes from the heart .. pure – he remarked wryly – an honest Norwegian has finally made a confession”.