Russia Dismisses US Warning About Space Weapons as ‘Trick’ to Push Ukraine Funding

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow would be ready for contact with the U.S. on the issue “if there are any initiatives from the American side.”
Russia Dismisses US Warning About Space Weapons as ‘Trick’ to Push Ukraine Funding
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov moderates Russian President Vladimir Putin's year-end press conference at Gostiny Dvor exhibition hall in central Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 14, 2023. Alexander Zemlianichenko/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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Russia has dismissed a warning by the United States about Moscow’s new anti-satellite capability that could directly threaten the most critical U.S. civil and military infrastructure, calling it a political ruse intended to push U.S. Congress into approving more aid for Ukraine.

“It is obvious that the White House is trying, by hook or by crook, to encourage Congress to vote on a bill to allocate money; this is obvious,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
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