Russia Urges US-England To Control Ukraine After Destroying Bombing Plane
JAKARTA - Moscow said the military option was "on the table" to respond to the Ukrainian attack on Russia and accused the West of involvement in it.
Russia also urged the United States and Britain to control Kyiv after the attack.
British and US officials said they had no prior knowledge of Ukraine's attacks on Russian long-range bombers with nuclear capabilities on military bases over the weekend.
Ukraine also tried to blow up rail and highway lines with Crimea on Tuesday.
Russia said Kyiv blew up the highway bridge on a passenger train on Saturday night.
US President Donald Trump's envoy to Ukraine said the risk of an escalation of the war "increasing drastically" after an attack on a nuclear-capable bomber.
A week earlier, Trump rebuked Russian President Vladimir Putin for a devastating airstrike against Ukraine.
"We urge London and Washington to react in such a way as to stop further escalation," said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, who oversees relations with the US and arms control.
"All options are available," Ryabkov said, when asked what Russia's response to the Ukrainian attack was.
"This is a question for our military," he said.
Russia and the US together have about 88% of all nuclear weapons.
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Asked if Russia thought the West was involved in a recent attack, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the West was supplying weapons, giving target coordinates, refusing to condemn the attack, and actively inciting it.
"These are some areas that prove the facts of involvement, both direct and indirect, and the West's mistake in the terrorist attacks that have occurred against civilians and civilian infrastructure facilities by the Kyiv regime," Zakharova said.
Kyiv has not commented on the bridge attack. Each side accused the other of committing acts of terrorism during the conflict and each blamed the other for the lack of progress in peace talks.
Trump was not informed beforehand about the Ukrainian drone attack on Russia, White House spokesman Krypto Leavitt said on Tuesday. A British government official said the government was not notified beforehand.