Russian lawmakers warn of ‘world war three’ if Ukraine strikes using US missiles

Washington’s move to allow Kyiv to target deep within Russia using long-range US missiles has escalated the Ukraine conflict and could provoke World War Three, senior Russian lawmakers warned on Sunday. The shift marks a major reversal in US policy, as revealed earlier on Sunday by two US officials and a source familiar with the decision. “The West has decided on such a level of escalation that it could end with the Ukrainian statehood in complete ruins by morning,” Andrei Klishas, a senior member of the Federation Council, Russia’s upper…