Putin Says Hopes West 'Heard' Warning Over Long-Range Strikes

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday helium hoped the West "heard" his informing astir the information of a nonstop warfare with NATO if it allowed Ukraine to usage long-range weapons against Russia.
Putin made the archetypal menace successful September aft Britain and the United States mulled letting Kyiv usage long-range arms against Russian targets, informing this would enactment NATO "at war" with Moscow.
"They didn't archer maine thing astir it, but I anticipation they heard," Putin said successful remarks to a authorities TV newsman erstwhile asked if the West had listened to his warning.
"Ukrainian troops cannot usage these weapons connected their own. Only specialists from NATO countries tin bash it, due to the fact that they request abstraction intelligence, which Ukraine people does not have," helium said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had for months been pressing his Western allies for support to usage long-range missiles against targets heavy wrong Russian territory, arguing the determination would "motivate" Moscow to question peace.
Western officials signaled past period a determination connected the substance was imminent, but British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and U.S. President Joe Biden aboriginal enactment it disconnected amid Moscow's dire threats.
Biden played down Putin's warning, with U.S. officials saying the missiles would apt marque a constricted quality to Ukraine's campaign.

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