In an interview to state-owned Russian television channel Russia-1 aired on Sunday, the Russian President said that the sole aim of flooding Ukraine with military supplies is to prolong the armed confrontation…reports Asian Lite News
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced that an additional 61 US citizens have been barred from entering Moscow in response to the sanctions imposed by Washington in the wake of the Ukraine war.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm are among the additional blacklisted Americans, reports Xinhua news agency.
In a brief statement on Monday, the Ministry the latest move comes in retaliation for “constantly expanding US sanctions against Russian political and public figures, as well as representatives of domestic business”.
Among the 61 US citizens are also US Trade Representative Katherine Tai, White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield and New York Stock Exchange Chairman Jeffrey Sprecher, among others.
The additional citizens now joins a long list of Americans banned from entering Russia, on which there were 963 names when the Russian Foreign Ministry published it on May 21, including President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and actor Morgan Freeman.
This come as Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned of destroying those military facilities in Ukraine that have not yet been targeted by the Russian forces if Kyiv continues to receive supply of Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) from the West.
Noting that the Ukrainian army already operates similar Soviet-and Russia-made Grad, Smerch and Uragan rocket systems, Putin said that the delivery of long-range missiles by the United States and some other countries is meant to replenish the losses of Ukrainian military equipment.
In an interview to state-owned Russian television channel Russia-1 aired on Sunday, the Russian President said that the sole aim of flooding Ukraine with military supplies is to prolong the armed confrontation.
“If it now comes to rockets and they are supplied, we will draw conclusions from that and employ our weapons that we have in sufficient quantities to strike those facilities that we are not attacking so far,” said Putin during the interview.
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