MFA comments on viability of hitting British targets, Stubb's shameful Russophobia

MOSCOW, August 27. /TASS/. London, Paris, and Berlin are direct participants in terrorist attacks carried out by the Kiev regime on Russian territory, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

Given Ukraine’s strikes with British weapons, Moscow has every right to attack British military facilities, she said at a briefing.

Commenting on Finnish President Alexander Stubb’s statements in support of Ukrainian strikes deeper into Russia and against Wildberries’ warehouses, she said he was bringing shame to Finland by promoting Russophobia, nationalism, and xenophobia.

TASS has compiled the key statements made by the Foreign Ministry spokesperson.

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights "will not take part" in monitoring the September State Duma elections. According to Zakharova, the platform is simply no longer viable, as it is "renowned for its double standards when participating in international election monitoring."

London’s transfer of Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Kiev confirms London’s direct involvement in the conflict: "The story with the Storm Shadows perfectly encapsulates London’s involvement in the Ukrainian conflict."

The United Kingdom did everything it could to eschew questions about the use of Storm Shadow, but at some point "their use became obvious."

Russia is well within its right to retaliate to Ukrainian strikes using British weapons by targeting "any British military facilities and equipment in Ukraine and beyond."

The UK will not be able to shift responsibility onto "Kiev’s puppets" for transferring the technology for the independent production of Storm Shadow missiles: "Now we are hearing that London is ready to provide Kiev with the information necessary to produce Storm Shadows on its own. I believe Andy Burnham’s government understands what this will lead to. They understand how the Ukrainian armed forces militants would use Storm Shadows if they had the opportunity to actively replenish their arsenal -- which, naturally, our military will not allow. But London won’t be able to shift the responsibility onto Kiev’s puppets."

The Kiev regime, by hitting on Energodar, "is deliberately resorting to nuclear blackmail, putting the security of all of Europe--and, in fact, the entire world--at risk."

The Foreign Ministry cannot confirm the statements made by Kirill Budanov, head of Vladimir Zelensky’s office (listed in Russia as a terrorist and extremist), regarding non·public contacts with Moscow: "I think it’s important to remember that many statements in Kiev today are made simply for media effect."

Zakharova noted that no new proposals for negotiations on the Ukrainian settlement were received from Kiev and its Western curators.

Any foreign troops in Ukraine that "hinder the conduct of the special military operation and the achievement of our goals are categorically unacceptable and will become legitimate military targets."

In this case, the West will be responsible for further escalation of the conflict: "The responsibility for this will fall on those Western politicians who have decided on further escalation."