"Andrei Kartapolov, head of the Russian parliament's Defense Committee, said Russia would respond harshly if the United States supplies Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles, the state RIA news agency reported. "We know these missiles very well, how they fly, how to shoot them down, we worked on them in Syria, so there is nothing new," RIA cited him as saying. "Only those who supply them and those who use them will have problems," Kartapolov added."
"In a separate statement, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov urged Washington to assess the situation surrounding the potential supply of Tomahawk missiles "soberly." Ryabkov said any such decision would be a serious escalatory step that would result in a "qualitative" change in the situation. On Monday, US President Donald Trump said he wanted to know what Ukraine planned to do with the Tomahawk missiles before agreeing to provide them, because he did not want to escalate the war between Russia and Ukraine."
Andrei Kartapolov warned that Russia would respond harshly if the United States supplies Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles. He stated that Russia knows those missiles well, including how they fly and how to shoot them down, and that Russia worked on them in Syria. Kartapolov said those who supply and use the missiles will face problems. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov urged Washington to assess the situation soberly and called any decision to provide Tomahawks a serious escalatory step causing a qualitative change. President Donald Trump said he wanted to know Ukraine's plans for the missiles before agreeing to provide them.
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