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Russia Warns US Rocket Supplies Could Widen Ukraine Conflict
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that the supply of advanced rocket launchers to Ukraine by the United States raised the risks of a “third country” being drawn into the three-month-long conflict.The plans “firstly, overstep all bounds of decency and diplomatic relations and, secondly, are a direct provocation aimed at drawing the West into combat,” Lavrov told Russian media at a news conference in Saudi Arabia.
