MOSCOW, September 14. /TASS/. Any foreign military contingent potentially deployed to Ukraine will be a legitimate target for the Russian army, Russian foreign ministry’s Ambassador at Large on issues of the Kiev regime’s crimes, Rodion Miroshnik, told TASS.
"Flooding Ukraine with weapons and deploying foreign contingents there in no way can promote conflict settlement, in no way can reduce military threats. Because such things require the president’s statements when he says that foreign contingents are unacceptable in Ukraine in any format. First, this will be unnecessary, i.e. they are not needed as they have no practical significance. This is only an attempt to control this territory. And second, they are absolutely legitimate goals," he said.
"So, no one is going to meet these structures with any gratitude. They will receive a concrete military response, especially, bearing in mind the fact that in those quantities or specifications the West is talking about they will not be able to influence the situation," Miroshnik said.
When asked whether Moscow thinks that the five permanent members of the UN Security Council could be part of future accords on Ukraine, Miroshnik said that the matter is not in which countries could serve as guarantors of a potential agreement but in that all parties to this process should have potential security guarantees. "Russia, a state under the name of Ukraine and, probably, European countries as well. Because now a range of European leaders are travelling across Europe shouting, ‘Russia is attacking! Russian is threatening us!’ Russia has never threatened European countries, at least at this period in history. European countries have been flooding Ukraine with weapons to use it as a battering ram against Russia. We saw no adverse processes, so, such guarantees should be granted to all those who are involved in this process," he stressed.
