Russian state TV's Olga Skabeyeva claimed that the Russian invasion of Ukraine would have been accomplished a long time ago had it not been for NATO. Ms Skabeyeva said that unless Russia responds to NATO more aggressively and stops Western forces sending long-range weapons to Ukraine, our task will be more difficult. It comes as the US pledged to send more offensive military aid to Ukraine yesterday.<\/p>\n
The Russian state media host said: Were not exaggerating the usefulness of that Western, American, British or whatever weaponry.<\/p>\n
Simply, we were previously demilitarising Ukraine and that mission would have been accomplished a long time ago.<\/p>\n
Now, well have to demilitarise all of NATO. Ive already said this several times and then people gasp in shock.<\/p>\n
But in any case this is already called World War 3. New weaponry is arriving.<\/p>\n
Yesterday [Anthony] Blinken said that as the situation on the front changes we will somehow adjust our military aid. Well deliver long-range weaponry.<\/p>\n
That will in any case make our task more difficult and prolong the Americans pleasure.<\/p>\n
The US announced yesterday that they would be sending long-range missiles to Ukraine after weeks of shying away from the move.<\/p>\n
US President Joe Biden had expressed concern that Ukraine could use longer range weapons to bomb Russian territory beyond the scope of the conflict.<\/p>\n
READ MORE:Russian senator warns missile aid to spark war with US[REVEAL]<\/p>\n
And so for high-value targets that allow them to keep some of the pressure off of Ukrainian forces on the front, we think these systems will be very useful.<\/p>\n
A host of Russian voices have spoken out against the new military aid, including Russian TV commentators and official aides.<\/p>\n
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the US was \"intentionally adding fuel to the fire\" by sending the missiles.<\/p>\n
He added: Such supplies do not contribute to the Ukrainian leadership's willingness to resume peace negotiations.<\/p>\n
And Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov suggested Mr Biden's announcement increased the risk of a third country being dragged into the conflict.<\/p>\n
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