Kremlin: Western long-range missiles to Ukraine will fuel 'spiralling tension'

FILE PHOTO: Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters are seen next to one of the towers of Moscow’s Kremlin, in Russia, March 15, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

(Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Sunday that any supply of long-range missiles to Kyiv by France and Germany would lead to a further round of "spiralling tension" in the Ukraine conflict.

Britain last month became the first country to supply Ukraine with long-range cruise missiles.