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),” RIA Novosti quotes him.

He added that if Ukraine's Western partners advise the Kyiv authorities not to "hit" Russia, then they will not do it.

Earlier, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Vadim Skibitsky, said that Kyiv could strike with American HIMARS MLRS on the territory of Crimea.

Volodymyr Zelensky had previously stated that Kyiv would not use extended-range missile systems for strikes on Russian territory.

Moscow emphasized that they did not believe his words.