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Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry censured the UK and Japan for their moves to escalate tension at a press conference on August 21.

Asserting that the UK committed a blunder by directly taking part in the terrorist act against Russia, she said that it was not a groundless estimation that London was involved in the Ukrainian dispute militarily and the burnt UK-made tanks proved it.

She warned that the British strategists should not forget that escalating tension deliberately increases the real threat to the safety of all sides involved in the dispute.

Japan’s plan to take off the position of a non-nuclear state by joining in the so-called “joint nuclear mission with the US”, staging a joint drill in which nuclear forces take part, and consulting the possibility of deploying the US’ medium-range missiles in its territory, is also arousing special concern, she noted.

Japan’s foreign political line creates another risk to regional stability and security, she added.