The Kremlin denounced Thursday calls from American elected officials to authorize Ukraine to use weapons provided by Washington to strike Russian territory, seeing it as an “escalation”.
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The Kremlin’s new warning. Moscow denounced Thursday calls from American elected officials to authorize Ukraine to use weapons provided by Washington to strike Russian territory, seeing it as a “escalation“kyiv demands the ability to strike with Western weapons on the Kremlin’s rear bases and positions located on Russian territory, something that the Europeans and Americans prohibit for fear of provoking an aggravation of the conflict.
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Find below the major information related to the conflict of the last 24 hours:
- A strike in Kharkiv: a wave of Russian missiles killed at least seven people in Kharkiv, capital of the region of the same name in northeastern Ukraine where the Russian army has been leading an offensive for almost two weeks. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reacted by once again pointing out the insufficient number of anti-aircraft defense assets that the West had agreed to deliver to him.
- Two dead in Ukrainian attacks: Russian authorities have reported two deaths in Ukrainian attacks in the border region of Belgorod and the Ukrainian region of Donetsk (East), partially occupied by the Russian army.
- Conquest of a village: Moscow claimed the capture in the Donetsk region (east) of the town of Andriïvka, about ten kilometers south of Bakhmout, a town conquered by Russia in May 2023 after a ten-month battle. Russian forces are gaining ground in eastern Ukraine while kyiv has lost the initiative on the front.
- Russian tourists, refused at the Norwegian border: Norway has announced the upcoming closure of its border to Russian tourists, depriving them of the last direct access point into the Schengen area. A “discriminatory” decision according to Moscow which promised a “response”.
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“In Washington and in several European capitals, some are zealously trying to provoke, to constantly raise the level of escalation. In this regard, their position can be described as irresponsible.“said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov when questioned on the subject by Russian television.”Among American senators, among members of Congress, there are many hotheads who consider it their duty to add fuel to the fire“, he added.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has raged against the intransigence of Europeans and Americans, while his country has suffered for two years from strikes launched from Russian territory. Russians “can hit us from their territory, this is the biggest advantage Russia has, and we cannot do anything to their (weapons) systems located on Russian territory with Western weapons. We do not have any the right”he denounced last week in an interview with AFP.
On the ground, a wave of Russian missiles killed at least seven people on Thursday in Kharkiv, capital of the region of the same name in northeastern Ukraine where the Russian army has been carrying out an offensive for almost two weeks. On the Eastern Front, where Russian troops are enjoying a string of tactical successes against a Ukrainian army lacking resources, Moscow has claimed the capture of the small village of Andriïvka, in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk (east).