Russia threatens to escalate strikes on Ukraine in response to Zelensky's statements

This was reported by Rodion Miroshnik, Ambassador for Special Missions at the Russian Foreign Ministry, in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper. He added: “Our mission is to deprive Zelensky, to the greatest extent possible, of carrying out any escalation or directing any strikes that could harm the Russian economy.”

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The ambassador noted that the people of Kiev today should “thank” Zelensky for the consequences they suffered due to his statements about what he claims “to try to force Russia into negotiations within forty days.” Because what Ukraine committed during the summer against residential areas and civilian facilities in Russia has now been reflected in an escalation against Ukrainian territory and an increase in the number of strikes from the Russian side.

The Russian Ministry of Defense had previously announced that the strikes directed by the Russian army against military facilities and the defense industrial complex in Kiev and other Ukrainian provinces would be intensified, following Zelensky’s recent statement in which he said that the Kiev regime would intensify its strikes against Russian oil refineries in response to the Russian attacks targeting military manufacturing facilities in Ukraine.

The ministry also added that the population of Ukraine should hold the head of the Kiev regime responsible for this, because Zelensky bears full personal responsibility for what is happening.