Russian MFA: Beefing up Kiev with weapons to expand Russia’s operation geography

The deliveries of Western long-range weapons to the Kyiv regime will only expand the geography of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's North American Department Alexander Darchiev told TASS, Report informs.

"As for the correlation of the massive deliveries of Western weapons to Kyiv and the pace and the timeframe of the special military operation, it was clearly outlined by [Russian Foreign Minister] Sergey Lavrov. The policy of beefing up Ukraine with longer-range weapon systems will only cause the geographical objectives of the special operation to move even farther," the senior diplomat pointed out.

"Russia cannot allow that armaments posing a direct threat to our country to stay on the other Ukrainian territory," he stressed.