Russian Ambassador to London Andrei Kelin. Archival photo MOSCOW, June 8. British Brimstone missiles, which London intends to supply to Ukraine, can be used by Kyiv to further aggravate the situation around Odessa, through which grain can be exported, said Russian Ambassador to London Andrei Kelin. Earlier, British media reported that Britain intends to supply Ukraine with high-tech Brimstone missiles in connection with the situation with ports.Russia will respond to US deliveries of long-range missiles to Ukraine, Antonov believes «I think that this will become a certain factor in the combination of efforts that is taking place around Odessa, Chernomorsk and another port of Ukraine through which the export of Ukrainian grain is possible … What role can play Brimstone? Probably, indeed, theoretically, Ukraine could use them somewhere as a scarecrow from the coast, not for peaceful purposes, not to help withdraw ships, but to probably further aggravate the situation around Odessa,» he said. Kelin on the TV channel «Russia 24». The UN has repeatedly stated the threat of a food crisis due to a shortage of grain, the West accused Russia of opposing the supply of Ukrainian grain to world markets — Moscow categorically rejected such accusations. At the same time, the Kyiv authorities themselves created many obstacles to the export of grain for export: in addition to the now revealed arson of grain in the Mariupol port, Ukrainian troops carried out mining of the Black Sea, which does not allow grain to be transported to world markets by ships. Russia had previously sent a note to NATO countries due to arms supplies to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation stated that the NATO countries are «playing with fire» by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect. >Russia is building a new world. The destruction of the old West is managed by itselfRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
