They said that Moscow's response will be immediate.
escalates the conflict in Ukraine and could lead to World War III, senior Russian lawmakers said on Nov 17.
"The West has decided on such a level of escalation that it could end with the Ukrainian statehood in complete ruins by morning," Mr Andrei Klishas, a senior member of the Federation Council, Russia's upper chamber of parliament, said on the Telegram messaging app. "This is a very big step towards the start of World War III," the TASS state news agency quoted Mr Dzhabarov as saying.
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