٠٠:٠٥:٤٦Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that lifting restrictions on Kiev’s use of Western long-range weaponry would bring a 'new disaster' to Ukraine rather than a 'victory', while speaking on the sidelines of the IX Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok on Wednesday.
"Amid the steadily worsening situation on the frontline for the AFU, the Kiev regime has embarked on the promotion of some new plan, as they have finally formulated it. They…call it a victory plan, but for them it is a new disaster plan. They continue to beg the West to lift restrictions on strikes on the territory of our country with long-range weapons," she said.
Zakharova also praised India’s 'balanced' position on the Ukrainian conflict, stressing the desire of the country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to contribute to a 'possible political and diplomatic settlement' of the crisis.
"What is the essence of the position of India and its leadership? It seems to me, this is what Zelensky cannot understand. The essence of this position is that the decision on the place and time of launching peace treaties is the prerogative of the two parties to the conflict," Zakharova added.
In the past few months, Modi has travelled to both Ukraine and Russia.
EU and NATO countries have remained divided over the use of weaponry by Kiev in the ongoing Kursk incursion on Russian soil, as well as for long-range missile attacks deep inside Russia. Moscow claims that such moves bring the West into a 'direct' conflict.
The UK has previously suggested it backed Kiev's right to use its own long-range Storm Shadows inside Russia, but media reports claimed last week that Washington was blocking it. On Tuesday, it was reported that the US was 'close' to a deal to supply its own long-range cruise missiles, but that deliveries could take 'several months'.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Kiev's 'victory plan' recipe for disaster - Zakharova on Ukraine's call for allies to lift restrictions on long-range weaponry
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that lifting restrictions on Kiev’s use of Western long-range weaponry would bring a 'new disaster' to Ukraine rather than a 'victory', while speaking on the sidelines of the IX Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok on Wednesday.
"Amid the steadily worsening situation on the frontline for the AFU, the Kiev regime has embarked on the promotion of some new plan, as they have finally formulated it. They…call it a victory plan, but for them it is a new disaster plan. They continue to beg the West to lift restrictions on strikes on the territory of our country with long-range weapons," she said.
Zakharova also praised India’s 'balanced' position on the Ukrainian conflict, stressing the desire of the country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to contribute to a 'possible political and diplomatic settlement' of the crisis.
"What is the essence of the position of India and its leadership? It seems to me, this is what Zelensky cannot understand. The essence of this position is that the decision on the place and time of launching peace treaties is the prerogative of the two parties to the conflict," Zakharova added.
In the past few months, Modi has travelled to both Ukraine and Russia.
EU and NATO countries have remained divided over the use of weaponry by Kiev in the ongoing Kursk incursion on Russian soil, as well as for long-range missile attacks deep inside Russia. Moscow claims that such moves bring the West into a 'direct' conflict.
The UK has previously suggested it backed Kiev's right to use its own long-range Storm Shadows inside Russia, but media reports claimed last week that Washington was blocking it. On Tuesday, it was reported that the US was 'close' to a deal to supply its own long-range cruise missiles, but that deliveries could take 'several months'.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that lifting restrictions on Kiev’s use of Western long-range weaponry would bring a 'new disaster' to Ukraine rather than a 'victory', while speaking on the sidelines of the IX Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok on Wednesday.
"Amid the steadily worsening situation on the frontline for the AFU, the Kiev regime has embarked on the promotion of some new plan, as they have finally formulated it. They…call it a victory plan, but for them it is a new disaster plan. They continue to beg the West to lift restrictions on strikes on the territory of our country with long-range weapons," she said.
Zakharova also praised India’s 'balanced' position on the Ukrainian conflict, stressing the desire of the country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to contribute to a 'possible political and diplomatic settlement' of the crisis.
"What is the essence of the position of India and its leadership? It seems to me, this is what Zelensky cannot understand. The essence of this position is that the decision on the place and time of launching peace treaties is the prerogative of the two parties to the conflict," Zakharova added.
In the past few months, Modi has travelled to both Ukraine and Russia.
EU and NATO countries have remained divided over the use of weaponry by Kiev in the ongoing Kursk incursion on Russian soil, as well as for long-range missile attacks deep inside Russia. Moscow claims that such moves bring the West into a 'direct' conflict.
The UK has previously suggested it backed Kiev's right to use its own long-range Storm Shadows inside Russia, but media reports claimed last week that Washington was blocking it. On Tuesday, it was reported that the US was 'close' to a deal to supply its own long-range cruise missiles, but that deliveries could take 'several months'.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.