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The Kremlin has responded to the comments of the British Foreign Secretary, David Cameron.
The Kremlin has called David Cameron's comments "a dangerous and direct escalation" when he said Ukraine could use British weapons against targets inside Russia if it wanted to.
On Thursday, Cameron promised Ukraine $3.74 billion in annual military aid "as needed".
During a visit to Kiev on Thursday, he also stressed that Britain is not opposed to Ukraine using the weapons Britain sends to it for attacks inside Russia.
"Ukraine enjoys that right. "With Russia attacking inside Ukraine, you can easily understand why Ukraine feels the need to make sure it is defending itself," Cameron said.
In recent weeks, Russia has repeatedly bombarded Ukraine's energy infrastructure with drones and missiles.
Cameron's comments make Britain take a more bellicose stance against Russia - at least publicly - than the US, which insists that the weapons it supplies to Ukraine must be used only within Ukraine's internationally recognized borders, and not against targets. within the territory of Russia.
Ukraine says it uses its drones and other weapons to carry out attacks against targets inside Russia, such as oil refineries or rail infrastructure.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described Cameron's comments as dangerous.
"This is a direct escalation of tensions related to the Ukrainian conflict, which may pose a risk to European security, to all European security ," Peskov said.
"Here we see a dangerous trend of escalating tensions in public statements" , he added.
The spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that this is the first time that a Western politician has so openly admitted a long-known secret to most countries of the world. That the West is waging a secret war against Russia through the Ukrainians.
"Russia will respond if Ukraine carries out attacks against Russian territory with British weapons ," she added./ REL
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