From: slider@anashram.com   
      
   A tweet from the Russian Embassy in the UK revealed that Sergei Ryabkov   
   said Russia-US relations are at the “point of no return”.   
      
   “US hostile actions and arrogant disregard for Russia’s legitimate demands   
   for security guarantees, incl non-deployment of strike weapons near the   
   Russian border, non-expansion of NATO, return of its military potential to   
   1997 level, brought Russia-US relations to a point of no return,” the   
   tweet read.   
      
   His comments come after Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council,   
   Dmitry Medvedev, announced on Sunday, December 11, that Russia is stepping   
   up the production of the ‘most powerful weapons of destruction.’   
      
   Following reports that the US Pentagon had no longer banned Ukraine from   
   attacking targets in Russia after claiming ‘the situation had changed’,   
   Medvedev said that Russia was ramping up production of its most powerful   
   weapons.   
      
   Taking to his Telegram channel, Medvedev said that Russia is not only   
   fighting Ukraine in Kyiv but also around the world.   
      
   “It is much more difficult for us – our enemy is not only entrenched in   
   the Kyiv province of our native ‘Little Russia’. He is in Europe, North   
   America, Japan, Australia, New Zealand…,” Medvedev said.   
      
   “So we are ramping up production of the most powerful means of defeat.   
   Including those based on new principles.”   
      
   As noted, reports from Washington suggested that the US had revised its   
   assessment of the threat posed by Moscow, and no longer insisted that Kyiv   
   not strike at Russian territories.   
      
   The switch in stance from America was reportedly due to an increase in   
   Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.   
      
   https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/12/12/russia-us-relations-point-of-no-return/   
      
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