Arms shipments are a legitimate military target, Kremlin warns west
by Peter Beaumont in Lviv from World news | The Guardian on (#5X1RH)
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Russia has said it will treat arms shipments to Ukraine from Nato countries as legitimate targets" for military action in a dangerous new escalation of tensions.
The warning from the deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, came as supporters of Ukraine, including the UK, Germany and the United States, have been urgently shipping thousands of anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles to Kyiv in response to Moscow's aggression.
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