Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that Moscow will retaliate with strikes on British targets if British weapons are used by Ukraine to strike Russian territory.
Zakharova told reporters that British targets “on Ukraine’s territory and beyond its borders” could be hit in such a scenario.
She was repeating a warning that Moscow first issued earlier this month after British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said Ukraine had a right to use weapons provided by London to hit targets inside Russia.
Russia reacted with outrage to that remark and cited it as one of the reasons why it has opted to hold exercises this month to simulate the launch of tactical nuclear missiles.
俄罗斯外交部发言人玛丽亚·扎哈罗娃周四表示，如果乌克兰使用英国武器袭击俄罗斯领土，莫斯科将对英国目标进行报复性打击。
扎哈罗娃告诉记者，在这种情况下，“乌克兰境内和境外”的英国目标可能会遭到打击。
她重申了莫斯科本月早些时候首次发出的警告，此前英国外交大臣戴维·卡梅伦表示，乌克兰有权使用伦敦提供的武器袭击俄罗斯境内的目标。
俄罗斯对此言论表示愤怒，并称这是其选择本月举行模拟发射战术核导弹演习的原因之一。
