Guardian:
Russia-Ukraine war live: allies decided ‘long ago’ to let Ukraine use long-range missiles, claims Russian minister
Sergei Lavrov’s comments come amid expectations that Ukraine will shortly be given permission to use weapons
A US army photo showing testing of its Atacms missiles, which Ukraine wishes to use to strike deep into Russia Photograph: John Hamilton/AP
Long-range missile decision 'taken long ago', claims Lavrov
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has been speaking about the expectations that Ukraine will shortly be given permission to fire Anglo-French Storm Shadow and US Atacms missiles, which have a range of 190 miles plus, into Russia.
“We haven’t a doubt that the decision to lift restrictions on long-range weapons to attack the Russian Federation’s territory was taken long ago,” Lavrov said on Thursday during what the Russian foreign ministry said was an ambassador’s round table.
He added: “Now they are trying to legalise it in the public space in some way.”
Lavrov went on to make an unsubstantiated claim that western states were providing intelligence to Ukraine to enable strikes inside Russia against targets including civilian infrastructure.
Not true.
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