Russia Dismisses US Warning About Space Weapons as ‘Trick’ to Push Ukraine Funding

Published on February 16, 2024

Russia has dismissed a warning by the United States about Moscow’s new anti-satellite capability that could directly threaten the most critical U.S. civil and military infrastructure, calling it a political ruse intended to push U.S. Congress into approving more aid for Ukraine. “It is obvious that the White House is trying, by hook or by crook, to encourage Congress to vote on a bill to allocate money; this is obvious,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “We’ll see what tricks the White House will use,” he added, without commenting on the substance of the reports until additional details have been unveiled by the White House....

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