# MFA comments on viability of hitting British targets, calls Stubb’s stance shameful Russophobia

https://mins.news/en/item/34419

- TASS, 2026-08-27 13:18 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2178443

> Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow has the right to strike British military facilities because Ukraine uses British weapons in attacks. She accused Finnish President Alexander Stubb of promoting Russophobia, nationalism and xenophobia by supporting deeper Ukrainian strikes into Russia, and said Western politicians would bear responsibility for further escalation.

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