{"id":75084,"date":"2022-12-15T19:16:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T19:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/15\/russia-warns-of-consequences-if-us-missiles-go-to-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:21:08","slug":"russia-warns-of-consequences-if-us-missiles-go-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2022\/12\/15\/russia-warns-of-consequences-if-us-missiles-go-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia warns of \u2018consequences\u2019 if US missiles go to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KYIV, Ukraine \u2014 Russia\u2019s Foreign Ministry warned Thursday that if the United States confirms reports that it plans to deliver sophisticated air defense missiles to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ukraine<\/a>, it would be \u201canother provocative move by the U.S.\u201d that could prompt a response from Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in a weekly briefing that the U.S. had \u201ceffectively become a party\u201d to the war in Ukraine, following reports that it will provide Kyiv with Patriot surface-to-air missiles, the most advanced the West has yet offered to help repel Russian aerial attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/2022\/12\/13\/us-poised-to-approve-patriot-missile-battery-for-ukraine\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22347657771002.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US poised to approve Patriot missile battery for Ukraine<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">U.S. officials say the Biden administration is poised to approve sending a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Growing amounts of U.S. military assistance, including the transfer of such sophisticated weapons, \u201cwould mean even broader involvement of military personnel in the hostilities and could entail possible consequences,\u201d Zakharova added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She did not specify what the consequences might be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. officials said Tuesday that Washington was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/2022\/12\/13\/us-poised-to-approve-patriot-missile-battery-for-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">poised to approve sending a Patriot missile battery<\/a> to Ukraine, finally agreeing to an urgent request from Ukrainian leaders desperate for more robust weapons to shoot down incoming Russian missiles that have crippled much of the country\u2019s vital infrastructure. An official announcement is expected soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Operating and maintaining a Patriot battery requires <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/zelenskyy-politics-government-and-b16125509161de8a7a3b4c38022534c7\" target=\"_blank\">as many as 90 troops<\/a>, and for months the U.S. has been reluctant to provide the complex system because sending American forces into Ukraine to operate the systems is a nonstarter for the administration of President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even without the presence of U.S. service members to train Ukrainians on use of the system, concerns remain that deployment of the missiles could provoke Russia or risk that a fired projectile could hit inside Russia and further escalate the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before reports emerged on the delivery of Patriot systems, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of Russia\u2019s Security Council, which is chaired by President Vladimir Putin, warned that if Patriots enter Ukraine \u201calong with NATO personnel, they will immediately become a legitimate target for our armed forces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked Wednesday whether the Kremlin backs that threat, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov answered yes, but added in a conference call with reporters that he would refrain from more detailed comment until the U.S. officially announces the Patriot delivery to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/2022\/12\/09\/us-sending-275-million-in-military-aid-to-ukraine\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22342639201234.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US sending $275 million in military aid to Ukraine<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Including the latest aid, the U.S. has now committed more than $19.3 billion in weapons and other equipment to Ukraine since Russia attacked on Feb. 24.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine has so far been cautious in reacting to the reports. Hanna Maliar, Ukraine\u2019s deputy defense minister, told reporters Thursday in Kyiv that the delivery of such weaponry remains \u201csensitive not only for Ukraine, but for our partners,\u201d and that only President Volodymyr Zelenskyy or Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov would make any official announcement on such an agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House and Pentagon leaders have said consistently that providing Ukraine with additional air defenses is a priority, and Patriot missiles have been under consideration for some time. As the winter closed in and the Russian bombardment of civilian infrastructure escalated, official said, the idea became a higher priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine\u2019s electricity provider said Thursday that the country\u2019s energy system had a \u201csignificant deficit of electricity,\u201d and that emergency shutdowns had been applied in some areas as temperatures hover around or below freezing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The state-owned grid operator Ukrenergo warned in a statement on Facebook that damage caused to energy infrastructure by Russian attacks is being compounded by harsh weather, including snow, ice and strong winds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maximum temperatures in the capital were forecast to barely climb above freezing heading into the weekend, with even colder weather expected early next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The southern Ukrainian city of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/2022\/11\/09\/russia-says-its-withdrawing-troops-from-key-ukrainian-city\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kherson<\/a> was left completely without power following Russian shelling on Thursday, according to Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Ukrainian president\u2019s office, who wrote on Telegram. He added that two people were killed in the attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2022\/11\/02\/hardened-ukrainian-brigade-sees-russian-vulnerability-in-kherson-city\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22294648365945.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Hardened Ukrainian brigade sees Russian vulnerability in Kherson City<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The soldiers of the 59th Motorized Brigade are bullish on their prospects of beating the Russians back at Kherson City.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heavy shelling of the city\u2019s Korabelny district was still underway in the afternoon, and Russian shells hit 100 meters (yards) from the regional administration building, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amid the infrastructure attacks and power outages across the country, seven civilians were killed and 19 wounded on Wednesday and Thursday, according to a report issued by the Ukrainian president\u2019s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The head of Ukraine\u2019s eastern Donetsk province, Pavlo Kyrylenko, reported that Russian strikes the previous day had killed two civilians and wounded seven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kremlin-backed authorities in the region, which was illegally annexed by Moscow in September, announced that Russia had taken control of 80% of the city of Marinka, seen as critical to Ukrainian hopes of retaking the Russian-held regional capital, Donetsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Moscow-installed mayor of Donetsk, Aleksei Kulemzin, said Thursday that the city center had been hit by \u201cthe most massive strike\u201d since the area came under the control of Russian-backed separatists in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Writing on Telegram, Kulemzin said 40 Ukrainian rockets struck Donetsk on Thursday morning, noting that multistory residential buildings were hit and that fires broke out at a hospital and university campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elsewhere, Ukrainian forces shelled Russia\u2019s western Kursk province, according to regional Gov. Roman Starovoyt. Six shells reportedly struck a farm in the province\u2019s Belovsky district, which borders Ukraine\u2019s Sumy province. There were no casualties, Starovoyt wrote on Telegram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other developments Thursday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 Russia continued to build up its military presence in Belarus, a senior Ukrainian military official said. According to Brig. Gen. Oleksiy Hromov, Russian units \u201care undergoing training and combat coordination\u201d in Belarus, with the Kremlin using Belarusian officers and training grounds to improve the combat capability of existing units, as well as to train newly created units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at a press briefing, Hromov said the probability of a Russian offensive from Belarus \u201cremains low,\u201d but he highlighted that the transfer of Russian weapons to Belarus is ongoing, including three hypersonic missile-carrying aircraft, a set of tanks and a long-range radar-detection aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 Russia\u2019s Foreign Ministry says the Vatican has apologized for a statement Pope Francis made in a recent interview in which he singled out two Russian ethnic minorities \u2014 the Chechens and the Buryats \u2014 as being \u201cthe most cruel\u201d participants in the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a briefing on Thursday, Zakharova quoted from what she said was a message from the Vatican that \u201capologizes to the Russian side\u201d for the pope\u2019s comments. Zakharova praised the message, saying that it showed the Vatican\u2019s \u201cability to conduct dialogue and listen to interlocutors.\u201d A Vatican spokesman would say only that there had been diplomatic contacts on the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. officials said Tuesday that Washington was poised to approve sending a Patriot missile battery to 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