“Russian Ambassador Warns US Against Airstrikes on Crimea: Latest News and Updates”

2023-05-22 13:55:25

For Moscow, Crimea is a region of the Russian Federation, the Russian ambassador to Washington recalled on Sunday. In a Telegram post published last night, the Russian Embassy in the United States transcribed an interview with Anatoly Antonov.

The latter assures that it is “important” that the United States “be fully aware of the Russian response” in the event of air strikes carried out in Crimea with F-16s in the coming months.

“I would like to warn the representatives of the administration [américaine, NDLR] regarding rash judgments on Crimea, especially when it comes to giving a ‘blessing’ to the kyiv regime for airstrikes on the peninsula”, warns Anatoly Antonov.

“Let me remind you that we consider the strikes on this territory as an attack once morest any other region of the Russian Federation”, insists the ambassador.

Anatoly Antonov believes that Washington opposes Moscow “through” kyiv. But the announced dispatch of F-16 fighter planes to the Ukrainian army by NATO countries might change the situation. “What would happen if American fighters took off from NATO airfields, operated by foreign ‘volunteers’?”, warns the ambassador.

On Friday evening, US President Joe Biden signaled to G7 leaders that he will give the go-ahead for Western deliveries of fighter jets to Ukraine, including US F-16s.

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