Russia: US adding 'fuel to the fire' with Ukraine missiles decision

The Kremlin on Monday issued an angry response to a reported U.S. decision to allow Ukraine to use Western-provided missiles to strike deep into Russian territory, accusing Washington of adding “fuel to the fire” in a war Moscow launched almost three years ago.

Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov reportedly said it marked a “qualitative increase in the level of” U.S. involvement in what Moscow calls a special military operation, but that the majority of the international community has condemned as an illegal invasion against Ukraine’s sovereign borders.

Ukraine is now occupying a swath of Russia’s Kursk region after a surprise incursion across........

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