"Hypocrisy": Russia Dismisses US Accusations Of Satellite Missile Strike

US accused that Moscow blew up one of its own satellites with a missile strike that created a debris cloud threatening the International Space Station.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday dismissed US accusations that Moscow blew up one of its own satellites with a missile strike that created a debris cloud threatening the International Space Station.

"To declare that the Russian Federation creates risks for the peaceful use of space is, at the very least, hypocrisy," Lavrov told a press conference in Moscow, adding that "there are no facts" behind the claims.

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