Russia Warns West Do Not Test Our Patience

Russia says the West is inciting Ukraine to attack Russia warns of “tough response” to the West The United Kingdom says Ukraine could attack Russian logistics Do not test our patience, says Russia

LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) – Russia warned the West on Thursday that there would be a harsh military response to any further attack on Russian soil, accusing the United States and its key allies of undermining European security by openly urging Ukraine to Russia. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24 has killed thousands of people, displaced millions more, and raised fears of a more serious conflict between Russia and the United States since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Two months after Russia invaded Ukraine, Russia has reportedly said in recent days a series of attacks by Ukrainian forces on Russian territories bordering Ukraine, and warned that such attacks could escalate into a major escalation. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Ukraine has not immediately acknowledged responsibility, but says the incidents are damping, while Russia has been outraged by statements from Britain and NATO member Ukraine that it is legitimate for Ukraine to target the Russian bureaucracy. read more “In the West, they are openly calling on Kyiv to attack Russia, including the use of weapons by NATO countries,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters in Moscow. “I do not advise you to further test our patience.” The Kremlin has said that Western – and especially British – attempts to supply heavy weapons to Ukraine were threatening Europe’s security. read more “This tendency to take up arms, including heavy weapons, in Ukraine and other countries is actions that threaten the security of the continent and cause instability,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov told reporters. Russia’s foreign intelligence service has denied the allegations in a statement issued Friday stating “Similar, baseless allegations concerning Russia’s foreign intelligence service have been made more than once. of Ukraine between the West and Russia. read more Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that if such attacks continued, Moscow would target decision-making centers in Ukraine, including those where it said Western advisers were helping Kyiv. “Kyiv and the western capitals should take seriously the statement of the Ministry of Defense that further incitement by Ukraine to strike Russian territory will certainly lead to a harsh response from Russia,” Zakharova said. Zakharova described Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a puppet of the West, used by the United States to threaten Russia. “They are using you,” Zakharova said. The United States has ruled out sending its own forces or NATO forces to Ukraine, but Washington and its European allies have supplied weapons to Kyiv such as drones, Howitzer heavy artillery, Stinger anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft guns. The total US security assistance from the invasion amounts to about $ 3.7 billion, a US official said. Russian President Vladimir Putin is dropping such large arms shipments as part of a larger plan by the United States and its allies to destroy Russia – and he has promised that he will never succeed. Putin says a “special military operation” in Ukraine is necessary because the United States was using Ukraine to threaten Russia and Moscow had to defend itself against Russian-speaking persecution. He sees the conflict as an inevitable clash with the United States, which he accuses of threatening Russia by interfering in its own backyard and expanding NATO’s military alliance. Ukraine says it is fighting an imperial-style land grab and that Putin’s allegations of genocide are nonsense. Zelensky has asked US and European leaders to supply Kyiv with heavier weapons and equipment. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Report by Reuters Edited by Raissa Kasolowsky Our role models: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.