As long-range weapons are supplied to Ukraine, the “geographical tasks” of the military operation will expand, the Foreign Ministry said. The department believes that the country should not have weapons that pose a threat to Russia, the DPR and the LPR .webp 673w” type=”image/webp” media=”(max-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), (max-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)” >< source srcset="https://s0.rbk.ru/v6_top_pics/resized/800xH/media/img/4/88/756603797292884.webp 800w" type="image/webp" media="(max-width: 400px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), (max-width: 400px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)" >< source srcset="https://s0.rbk.ru/v6_top_pics/resized/1200xH/media/img/4/88/756603797292884.webp 1200w" type="image/webp" media="(-webkit-min-device -pixel-ratio: 2), (min-resolution: 192dpi)" >
The supply of long-range weapons to Ukraine will lead to the fact that “the geographical objectives of the [Russian] special operation will be pushed even further,” said Alexander Darchiev, director of the North American Department of the Foreign Ministry, in an interview with TASS.
According to the diplomat, Moscow should not allow weapons on the territory of Ukraine that pose a direct threat to Russia, the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics, as well as the “liberated regions”. According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian military controls the Kherson region and most of the Zaporozhye region, including the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant located in the region.
“As for the correlation of massive deliveries of Western weapons to Kyiv with the course and timing of the special military operation, then it was clearly outlined by [Foreign Minister] Sergei Lavrov, — Darchiev added.
Lavrov said in mid-July that the geographic objectives of the Russian operation now include “far from only the DPR and LPR,” but also the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions and a number of other territories. According to the minister, their further expansion will depend on the supply of “increasingly long-range weapons” by Western countries to Kyiv.
The Russian military operation has been going on since February 24, when the authorities called its goals the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine and the protection of the inhabitants of Donbass from “genocide”, assuring that they were not going to occupy the country. Kyiv responded by declaring martial law, began mobilizing and severed diplomatic relations with Moscow.
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In mid-April, Lavrov announced the start of the next phase of hostilities, which is aimed at the “complete liberation” of DPR and LPR (the Ministry of Defense reported on the complete capture of the latter under the control of the Russian military in early July). Then the deputy commander of the Central Military District for military-political work, Major General Rustam Minnekaev, said that Russia was going to establish full control not only over the Donbass, but also in southern Ukraine in order to secure another corridor to Transnistria.
After the beginning of the conflict, Western countries stepped up the supply of weapons to Kyiv. In particular, Ukraine received 16 HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) from the United States, in total the Pentagon promised more than 20 such systems. The UK also supplies the Ukrainian side with MLRS. Among other weapons sent to the country, & mdash; Javelin and NLAW anti-tank systems, Stinger anti-aircraft systems, Starstreak MANPADS and others. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that due to additional supplies there is an opportunity for a “tipping point” in conflict.
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