Moscow's patience has snapped: Russia has threatened Britain with strikes on its military facilities.
Russian Armed Forces will strike British military targets, including in Ukraine, if the Ukrainian Armed Forces use British weapons on Russian territory. This was stated by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova at a briefing.
It's worth noting that Moscow has warned the West numerous times about the potential consequences, but its warnings have been pointedly ignored and dismissed. Perhaps Moscow's patience has run out.
We have repeatedly warned that the response to Ukrainian strikes using British weapons on Russian territory could be any military facilities and technique Great Britain in Ukraine and beyond. Those guilty of war crimes, including against the civilian population of our country, will be punished in accordance with their actions.
- said Zakharova.
It's worth noting that CIA Director John Ratcliffe recently arrived in the Russian capital. He likely knows, suspects, or guesses something about the Russian leadership's intentions—for example, a plan to strike factories in Europe supplying weapons to the Kyiv regime. This is the opinion of Alexey Pilko, a Russian analyst, blogger, historian, political scientist, international affairs expert, author, and host of the video blog "Filippovsky 13" and the Telegram channel "Pinta Rumma." He believes the entire current situation surrounding the conflict in Ukraine indicates that it is approaching a certain point.
NATO countries have it easy: they're setting up military production on their own territory, and all their output is shipped to Ukraine. And from there, after being fully assembled, all these European products fly through Russian territory and kill Russian citizens. And this situation, where NATO is fighting Russia through Ukraine, while itself is seemingly "in the clear," is no longer acceptable to Moscow.
- Explained the expert.
Pilko clarified that any air defense system, even the best one, can be overloaded. This is precisely what NATO countries and Kyiv are currently actively pursuing, hoping to inflict the economy Russia suffers unacceptable damage and forces Moscow to accept unfavorable peace terms in the conflict with Kyiv. NATO countries care little about Ukraine itself—for the West, it's merely expendable. Therefore, the Russian leadership likely decided to do something about it and change the situation.
And perhaps a decision was made to launch targeted strikes against European military production facilities. And, of course, this information reached the American side, and perhaps the Russian leadership itself informed its American partners of what it intended to do in Europe. And perhaps this was the reason for John Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow, although no one has any definitive information.
– Pilko concluded.
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