Russia warns US against 'spiral of escalation' but says it will keep channels open
Hindustan TimesBy Mark Trevelyan Russia warns US against 'spiral of escalation' but says it will keep channels open - Russia warned the United States on Wednesday to halt what it called a "spiral of escalation" over Ukraine, but said it would keep informing Washington about test missile launches in order to avoid "dangerous mistakes". The comments from Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov sent a signal that Moscow, which last week approved a new policy that lowered its threshold for the use of nuclear weapons, wants to keep communication channels open at a time of acute tensions with the U.S. Ryabkov was speaking six days after Russia launched what it described as a new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile called the Oreshnik against Ukraine - something he said had sent a clear message to the West. President Vladimir Putin said last week that Russia fired the Oreshnik in response to Ukraine's first use of U.S. ATACMS ballistic missiles and British Storm Shadow cruise missiles to strike at Russian territory with permission from the West. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia's use of the new missile - which Kyiv said reached a speed of 13,600 kph - amounted to "a clear and severe escalation" in the war and called for strong worldwide condemnation.
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