Kremlin warns US of ‘consequences’ after alleged Ukrainian strike on Crimea
The Kremlin on Monday warned the United States of “consequences” and summoned its ambassador after Moscow said a Ukrainian strike with a US missile on Crimea killed four people.
Moscow has increasingly blasted Washington and Kyiv’s Western backers for supplying weapons to be fired on Russian targets, calling them direct participants in the two-year conflict.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called Sunday’s strike on Sevastopol “barbaric” and accused Washington of “killing Russian children”.
Two of the victims were minors, Sevastopol governor Mikhail Razvozhayev wrote on Telegram.
Peskov also pointed to comments by President Vladimir Putin earlier this month about arming countries to potentially strike Western targets.
“The involvement of the United States, the direct involvement, as a result of which Russian civilians are killed, cannot be without consequences,” Peskov told reporters on Monday.
“Time will tell what these will be,” he said.
“Just ask my colleagues in Europe and above all in Washington, ask the press secretaries there why their government is killing Russian children,” he said.
The foreign ministry said it had summoned US envoy Lynne Tracy.
Russia said the strike on Sunday was carried out with a US-supplied ATACMS missile loaded with a cluster warhead.
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