“If the West decided to supply weapons, which are quite obviously capable of reaching not only the border, but also the deeper regions of the Russian Federation, and if all this chatter that (Ukrainian President Vladimir. -

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) Zelensky promised you something, will be accepted Seriously ... then I will emphasize again: the more long-range the systems supplied to the Kiev regime, the further we will move the Nazis away from the line from which the threat to the Russian population of Ukraine and the Russian Federation comes from, ”said Lavrov.

He said that the people of Ukraine laugh at the Americans who believe Zelensky's promises. 

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin for the Moscow.

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Putin” said that Russia would draw the appropriate conclusions if long-range missiles were supplied to Ukraine.

In addition, Putin commented on the decision of the US authorities to send new weapons to Ukraine.

Earlier, US President Joe Biden announced a new military aid package for Ukraine, which includes HIMARS multiple rocket launchers.

In turn, Volodymyr Zelensky said that Kyiv would not use extended-range missile systems for strikes on Russian territory.