Quasi-civilian infrastructure may turn out to be a legitimate target for a retaliatory strike, the Russian Foreign Ministry recalledUN, October 4.
/tass/. In the context of the conflict in Ukraine, the United States uses components of civilian infrastructure in space for military purposes, but such quasi-civilian infrastructure may be a legitimate target for a retaliatory strike. This is stated in a statement by Vladimir Ermakov, Director of the Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry, announced on Tuesday at a meeting of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly. The text was read by his deputy Konstantin Vorontsov.
"During the events in Ukraine, a new extremely dangerous trend has emerged. We are talking about the involvement of the United States and its allies of components of civil infrastructure in space, including commercial, for military purposes," the diplomat said. - Such activities, in fact, constitute indirect participation in armed conflicts, and quasi-civilian infrastructure may turn out to be a legitimate target for a retaliatory strike. As a result of the actions of the West, the sustainability of peaceful space activities, as well as numerous socio-economic processes on Earth, on which the well-being of people depends, are exposed to unjustified risks."
