Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, member of the energy committee Mikhail Sheremet called on law enforcement agencies to initiate a criminal case and put on the wanted list of the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Roman Kostenko, who suggested aiming Ukrainian missiles at Russian nuclear power plants.
Earlier, Kostenko, on the air of the Fourth Channel, suggested aiming weapons at nuclear power plants in Russia, which, according to him, would allow diplomacy with the Russian Federation to be conducted “on an equal footing”.
Sheremet said that such rhetoric should not go unpunished, “so that no one would inadvertently try to threaten or blackmail Russia.”
“Law enforcement agencies should assess Kostenko’s statement. I am sure that in his words there will be enough grounds for initiating a criminal case and putting it on the international wanted list, ”RIA Novosti quotes Sheremet.
He pointed out that such statements “should be followed by immediate sanctions.” At the end of March, Ukraine and a number of Western countries expressed concern about the movement of Russian troops across the territory of the Russian Federation.
In turn, the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov said that Russia has the right to deploy troops on its territory at its discretion, this does not pose a threat to other states and should not bother anyone.
On April 15, the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk, announced that Ukraine needed to regain its nuclear status if the country was unable to join NATO. According to him, Ukraine needs not only moral support, it also needs modern weapons systems.
On April 21, it became known that the US Senate committee supported a bill on partnership with Ukraine in the field of security, including an increase in military assistance.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called on Kiev to take care of the health of its own citizens instead of speculating about nuclear weapons and fantasies about the mythical Russian threat.