The United States responded on June 24 to Russia’s claim that it was to blame for a deadly attack on Crimea on June 23 by pointing the finger back at Moscow for starting the war and by saying that the weapons it provides are for Ukraine to use to defend its territory against Russian aggression.
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The Russian Defense Ministry said that the June 23 strike near Sevastopol involved five longer-range missiles that the United States began supplying to Ukraine this year.
It also claimed that U.S. specialists had set the missiles’ flight coordinates based on information gathered from U.S. satellites.
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller responded by saying it was not unusual for …
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