Russia says it will strike British targets if UK weapons are used to hit its territory

MOSCOW — Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on May 23 Moscow would retaliate with strikes on British targets if British weapons are used by Ukraine to strike Russian territory.

Zakharova told reporters British targets "on Ukraine's territory and beyond its borders" could be hit in such a scenario.

She was repeating a warning that Moscow first issued earlier in May after British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said Ukraine has a right to use weapons provided by London to hit targets inside Russia.

Russia reacted with outrage to that remark and cited it as one of the reasons why it has opted to hold exercises in May to simulate the launch of tactical nuclear missiles.

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