Russia Reserves The Right To Hit NATO Bases *IF NATO Directly Strikes Russia
Predictably, the Kremlin is fuming at widespread reports that the war-mongering Biden regime has made a U-turn on its policy which previously prohibited Ukraine from attack Russian soil with US-supplied weaponry. Clearly it's a highly dangerous slippery slope.
Former Russian president and current Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev has warned that Russian forces could strike back from any point where attacks are launched, including on "NATO specialists" advising Ukraine forces.
"NATO countries that have approved strikes with their weapons on Russian territory should be aware that their equipment and specialists will be destroyed not only in Ukraine, but also at any point from where Russian territory is attacked," he said on Telegram, according to TASS, also noting that "the participation of NATO specialists could be seen as a casus belli."
"All their military equipment and specialists fighting against us will be destroyed both on the territory of former Ukraine and on the territory of other countries, should strikes be carried out from there against Russian territory," Medvedev added in the warning.
He said that contrary to much of the West's attempts to obfuscate the reality, Ukraine's long-rage missile systems are actually "directly operated by servicemen from NATO countries." He said this is tantamount to these countries' direct participation in the war.
He explained that this raises the specter of major war and confrontation with the West, as in such a scenario where Russia attacks NATO personnel, the alliance would then have to weigh "possible retaliatory strikes… in the context of articles 4 and 5 of the Washington Treaty."
Politico reported Thursday afternoon, "The Biden administration has quietly given Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia — solely near the area of Kharkiv — using U.S.-provided weapons, two U.S. officials and two other people familiar with the move said Thursday, a major reversal that will help Ukraine to better defend its second-largest city."
"For two years Biden was absolutely adamant that no US weapons could be used to strike Russia. Now he reverses the policy – aka, he lied. So where's the pushback? Congress, media? What could be of greater consequence than lying the country into war with a nuclear superpower?"
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) May 31, 2024
https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1796350894914859498
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/kremlin-nato-weapons-be-hit-any-country-where-russia-may-be-attacked