Russian official says new weapons for Ukraine will result in "global catastrophe"

The continued delivery of Western weapons to Ukraine will provoke retaliation from Russia and will "lead to a global catastrophe," a Russian parliamentary leader warned Sunday.

Why it matters: The comments come amid debate among Germany, the U.S., and its allies as to whether to send tanks to Ukraine in accordance with requests from Kyiv.

What they're saying: Vyacheslav Volodin, the Speaker of the Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, wrote in a Telegram post Sunday that if the U.S.