Russian ambassador says US plans to give Ukraine carte blanche on weapons

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian service members of the 33rd Separate Mechanised Brigade practice firing an anti-tank guided missile weapon system MILAN as they attend a military drill near a frontline, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine June 13, 2024. REUTERS/Alina Smutko/File Photo

(Reuters) - Russia believes that the United States will at some point remove all restrictions on the use of weapons supplied to Ukraine, the RIA news agency cited Russian ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov as saying on Friday.

"The current administration behaves like a person who extends one hand and holds a dagger behind their back with another one," Antonov said, describing Washginton's recent comments about Kyiv not being allowed to use U.S. weapons for strikes deep into Russian territory as "goading".