Russia threatens Israel with army retaliation if it provides arms to Ukraine

Russia yesterday threatened Israel with army retaliation if it provided arms to Ukraine after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned he was “finding out the matter”.

“Concerning arms gross sales to Ukraine, we don’t classify nations by geography,” mentioned Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for Russia’s international ministry. We are saying that every one nations supplying arms should perceive that we’ll think about these arms professional targets for Russian forces.

Zakharova condemned French President Emmanuel Macron’s “absurd” statements through which he believed that the provision of sure arms to Ukraine didn’t represent an escalation of the battle.

Earlier yesterday, the Kremlin mentioned the long-range missiles, mentioned to be a part of an upcoming US army assist package deal to Ukraine, would “intensify” the battle however wouldn’t change its course.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov instructed reporters that Russian President Vladimir Putin has no plans to carry talks along with his US counterpart Joe Biden.

The US $2.2 billion army assist package deal is about to incorporate long-range missiles for the primary time, two US officers conversant in the matter mentioned Tuesday.

These missiles will permit Ukraine to conduct assaults deep inside Russian-controlled territory. Kyiv has introduced that it’ll take again all of its territory by power, together with Crimea, which was beforehand annexed by Russia.

When requested in regards to the new assist package deal, Peskov mentioned: “Sure. That is a direct solution to escalate the strain and improve the escalation degree, we see that. This may require extra efforts from us, however this won’t change the course of occasions both. The particular army operation continues.

This comes at a time when Ukrainian officers introduced yesterday that Russia is build up its forces within the Lugansk area, whereas Kyiv suspects it is going to put together an assault there within the coming weeks as the primary anniversary of the warfare approaches.