"Such capacities for the production of Western equipment, even if it ever takes place, will become our legitimate targets for strikes, apparently still in the early stages," TASS quoted him as saying.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky previously held talks with Charles Woodburn, executive director of the large British military-industrial enterprise BAE Systems.
They discussed the creation of facilities in Ukraine for the production and repair of the company's products.
As it became known, the German concern Rheinmetall, together with Ukroboronprom, will create an enterprise in Ukraine for the repair and production of tanks.
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that if the plant is built, Russian forces will mark this event with a "salute from Kalibr and other pyrotechnic devices."