Kremlin points chilling risk to UK because it warns Britain ‘playing with fire’
Russia has warned the UK and the remainder of the West that they’re “playing with fire” with the availability of fighter jets to Ukraine. Russian international minister Sergei Lavrov described the transfer, initiated by Rishi Sunak earlier this month and catalysed by the US the next week, as an “unacceptable escalation” and claimed Ukraine’s supporters have been attempting to “decolonise” Russia.
It comes hours earlier than Russia launched one other wave of assaults on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv within the early hours of Monday, utilizing a mixture of drones and cruise missiles.
Speaking to Russian state media, Lavrov stated: “Certainly, this is an unacceptable escalation. I hope there are sensible people in the West who understand that.”
He added: “Western political analysts have been discussing how to decolonize Russia. They mean to divide our country.
“I hope sensible people will abandon their reckless support for the neo-Nazi regime which was created by the West itself.”
He stated that the F-16 coaching programme was “without a doubt, playing with fire” and denounced it as an try “to weaken Russia” by “Washington, London and their satellites in the EU”.
On May 21, US President Joe Biden stated at a news convention following the G7 summit in Hiroshima that the West will begin coaching Ukrainian pilots on F-16s and different fourth-generation Western fight plane.
F-16s have been on the prime of Ukraine‘s weapons wishlist because it was handed major battle tanks from the likes of the US, United Kingdom and Germany.
Kyiv, having already bolstered its air defences with a number of Western-supplied anti-aircraft programs, now believes the jets could possibly be very important within the conflict and important to the nation’s long-term safety.
Meanwhile, greater than 40 air targets have been introduced down in a single day in what was the fifteenth nighttime assault on the capital in May, head of the Kyiv Military Administration Serhii Popko stated in a Telegram replace.
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Falling particles broke via the roof of a residential constructing within the Podlisk district however there have been no speedy studies of casualties.
“One more difficult night for the capital,” stated Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
Often the explosions are the sounds of Ukraine’s air defence programs efficiently concentrating on the lethal cocktail of missiles and drones Russia has despatched into Ukraine.
On May 16, Russia launched an exceptionally intense bombardment, sending 18 missiles Ukraine’s means, 14 of which focused Kyiv in line with Ukraine’s air pressure spokesman. Ukraine stated it shot down six hypersonic Kinzhal missiles that night time, a functionality it didn’t have final yr.
On Saturday night time, native officers in Kyiv stated that Ukraine’s capital was subjected to the biggest drone assault for the reason that begin of Russia’s conflict. At least one individual was killed. It got here on the eve of Kyiv Day, which marks the anniversary of town’s founding.
The more and more common collection of strikes are a part of a brand new Russian air marketing campaign concentrating on Ukrainian counteroffensive capabilities, consultants and Ukrainian officers stated.
The uptick was observed after April 19, proper after Ukraine introduced it had obtained American-made Patriot missiles, a long-sought new defend towards Russian airstrikes.
Observers stated the renewed depth of Russian assaults seems to be aiming to overwhelm and goal these new programs.