Zakharova named European factories producing weapons for Ukraine as potential targets of Russia

At the briefing, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that European factories producing weapons for Ukraine are considered by Russia to be potential military targets. She emphasized that the assumption that such enterprises located outside Ukraine are safe is incorrect.

Zakharova also said that Europe, in her view, is doing everything to hinder a peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian issue and to derail the prospects for negotiations. According to her, at the moment it makes no sense to discuss a trilateral meeting between Russia, Ukraine, and the US, since there are neither final nor interim decisions on it.

On September 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the introduction of European troops into Ukrainian territory would mean war with Russia. On September 25, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump discussed a possible trilateral meeting on Ukraine in the UAE during their last phone call. Peskov added that such a meeting could take place in the near future, but he has no specifics.

Sources

• Vedomosti