Vladimir Zelensky earlier threatened \u201casymmetrical\u201d actions and blackouts<\/p>\n
Ukraine is openly planning to use US-supplied long-range Tomahawk missiles to carry out \u201cterrorist attacks\u201d on Russia, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said.
\nSpeaking to reporters on Wednesday, Zakharova said \u201cthe Kiev regime is not hiding its preparation of new terrorist attacks against our country aimed at escalating the conflict.\u201d
\nShe added that it is \u201cobvious\u201d that these plans were being drawn up based on the potential arrival of Tomahawks.
\nLast month, US officials indicated that Washington was considering supplying the missiles \u2013 which have a range of about 2,500km \u2013 to Kiev. Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky later said he had discussed the issue with US President Donald Trump, while Trump told reporters he could approve the deliveries if he decided that \u201cthis war is not going to get settled.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Moscow has warned against the deliveries, saying they would lead to escalation and be detrimental to US-Russia ties that are showing tentative signs of improvement.
\nEarlier this month, Zelensky claimed to have approved \u201casymmetrical responses\u201d to Russia to be run by Kiev\u2019s special services. He also threatened to launch strikes on Russia\u2019s border Belgorod and Kursk regions to cause blackouts, while warning that Ukraine could try to trigger a total power outage in Moscow.
\nZakharova went on to criticize the EU, noting that by seeking to facilitate Tomahawk deliveries to Kiev, the bloc is prolonging the conflict and showing \u201ca complete lack of political will for peace.\u201d
\nRussian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Tomahawk deliveries would usher in a \u201cnew stage of escalation,\u201d adding that their use \u201cwithout the direct involvement of American military personnel is impossible.\u201d
\nAccording to The New York Times, supplying Tomahawks would be technically difficult because Ukraine lacks the necessary naval or land-based launchers. While the US could provide Kiev with the land-based Typhon system, which can fire such missiles, the move would risk drawing Washington closer to direct confrontation with Moscow, the report said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Vladimir Zelensky earlier threatened \u201casymmetrical\u201d actions and blackouts Ukraine is openly planning to use US-supplied long-range Tomahawk missiles to carry out \u201cterrorist attacks\u201d on Russia, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-environment","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t