In a statement read on October 26, 2022, at the United Nations General Assembly, the Deputy Head of the Delegation of the Russian Federation - speaking in a discussion relating to the disarmament of outer space - denounced an “extremely dangerous trend”, which appeared on radar only in the months of the recent conflict in Ukraine: the use, by the USA (and its allies), of civil infrastructures and objects for purely military purposes. And the warning addressed to these States, apparently 'unaware' of the effects of their conduct, is easily anticipated: “[q]uasi-civilian infrastructure may become a legitimate target for retaliation