Putin Warns Russia Will Strike New Targets If US Gives New Missiles to Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 5 warned that Russia would strike new targets if the United States were to supply longer-range missiles to Ukraine.

Giving new weapons to Kyiv only aims to “drag out the armed conflict for as long as possible,” Putin told state-run media, adding that after longer-range missiles are sent to Ukraine, Moscow will draw the “appropriate conclusions” and strike facilities it hasn’t targeted.

“If they are supplied, we will draw appropriate conclusions from this and use our own weapons, of which we have enough, in order to strike at those facilities we are not targeting yet,” the Russian president also said in response to statements issued by the White House about supplying multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) to Ukraine, according to a translation.

Several days ago, President Joe Biden confirmed that the United States would send more advanced rocket systems to Ukraine after Kyiv’s request.

A “new package will arm them with new capabilities and advanced weaponry, including HIMARS with battlefield munitions, to defend their territory from Russian advances,” Biden said in a White House statement on June 1.