“Russia warns Ukraine against striking Crimea with U.S., British missiles”, Economic Times, June 20, 2023:
“Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that Moscow had information that Ukraine was planning to strike Russian-controlled Crimea with longer-range U.S. and British missiles and warned Russia would retaliate if that happened.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, but considers it to be outside the scope of what it calls its “special military operation” which is focused in eastern and southern Ukraine where Ukraine is fighting to retake territory.
Kyiv, which says it is battling for its survival in a war of colonial conquest, says it wants to reclaim all of its territory however, including the Crimean peninsula which hosts Russia’s Black Sea naval base…..”
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