Ukrainian military in Kyiv. Archival photoMOSCOW, 26 Apr. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting on the words of the Deputy Minister of Defense of Britain James Hippy about the legitimacy of strikes in the depths of Russia by Ukraine to disrupt the logistics of supplies, said that the «depth of flight» of thought The leadership of the British Ministry of Defense is second only to the intelligence of the leadership of the British Foreign Ministry. Earlier, the British Deputy Minister said that it was «absolutely legitimate» for Ukraine to strike deep in Russia in order to disrupt the logistics of military supplies.
Lavrov told what advice the United States and Britain give to Zelensky «Do we understand correctly that for the sake of» violating the logistics of military supplies «Russia can strike at military targets on the territory of those NATO countries that supply weapons to the Kyiv regime? After all, this directly leads to death and bloodshed on the territory of Ukraine. As far as I understand, Britain is one of these countries,» Zakharova wrote in Telegram. She stressed that the «depth of flight» of the thought of the leadership of the British Ministry of Defense is second only to the intelligence of the leadership of the Foreign Ministry of this country. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24 . 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 military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. 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. >Media calculated how much money Britain will lose due to sanctions against Russia
