Lavrov threatens Ukraine with new large-scale strikes after drone attack on Moscow
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, commenting on the drone attack on Moscow, has said that Russian forces will continue carrying out large-scale strikes on targets that affect the combat capability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agencies TASS and Interfax
Details: Responding to a question about the drone attack on Moscow, Lavrov said that "words alone" regarding Ukraine are no longer enough.
He noted that Russian forces will continue carrying out the task assigned by Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin of conducting regular "massive combined strikes" against targets that Russia claims are essential to the combat capability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Quote: "It was no coincidence that the president announced some time ago, after another stunt by the Kyiv terrorist, that we would now conduct massive combined strikes on a regular basis against targets whose condition directly affects the combat capability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
This task has been assigned by the supreme commander-in-chief, and our armed forces are carrying it out and will continue to carry it out."
Background:
- On the night of 17-18 June, drone attacks targeted sites in Russia's Rostov and Belgorod oblasts, triggering fires at an oil depot in the city of Gukovo and at what is believed to be a military storage facility near Shebekino.
- On the night of 17-18 June, Ukrainian drones penetrated Moscow's layered air defence and struck the Moscow oil refinery in Kapotnya, causing a major fire. Russian media outlets said the attack was the largest in the past two years.
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