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Ukraine has increased attacks on Russian border regions using NATO-supplied missiles and bombs The West is risking further escalation by arming Ukraine and encouraging it to strike Russian territory, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.

The stronger the nation is, the less its enemies will try to hurt it, the Russian president said Western nations, which previously insisted that Ukraine should defeat Russia on the battlefield, are gradually changing their position, President Vladimir Putin noted on Friday.