Vladimir Ermakov, the director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's nonproliferation and armaments control division, threatened to attack US satellites, helping Ukraine launch missiles.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow warned on Monday that Western satellites being used to support the Ukrainian military may become valid targets for Russian strikes.
Vladimir Ermakov, the director of the ministry's nonproliferation and armaments control division, asserted in a press conference that the US and its allies are assisting Ukraine in ways that go "beyond the harmless use of space technologies."
“Obviously, the United States and its allies are not fully aware that such activities actually constitute indirect participation in armed conflicts,” Ermakov stated. He cautioned that Western “quasi-civilian infrastructure” in space could “quite logically become the targets of a retaliatory strike.”
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