The Foreign Ministry announced Kyiv’s attempts to influence Russian civilian communications satellites

Kyiv, with the participation of specialists from a number of foreign countries, is attempting to influence Russian civilian communications satellites, Moscow has the right to respond to this, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

“The Kiev regime, with the participation of specialists from a number of foreign states, is attempting to influence Russian civilian communications satellites. This is an outrageous violation of international law. The Russian side has the right to respond appropriately. All the necessary opportunities for this are available, ”the ministry said in a statement.

Earlier in February, Konstantin Vorontsov, deputy head of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that civilian infrastructure in space used by the United States and its allies during the conflict in Ukraine for military purposes could become a legitimate target for a retaliatory strike. “We are talking about the use by the United States and its allies of civil infrastructure components in space, in the sense of commercial infrastructure, for military purposes … Such a “quasi-civilian” space infrastructure may be a legitimate target for a retaliatory strike,” he explained.

On April 5, at a meeting of the Security Council on ensuring law and order and public security in new regions, Russian President Vladimir Putin declaredthat when organizing terrorist attacks and sabotage on the territory of Russia, Ukraine uses the potential of Western intelligence services. According to him, the Ukrainian side shells cities and towns in new Russian regions, and also regularly carries out terrorist attacks against Russian law enforcement officers, government officials, journalists, social activists, etc.