Putin Warns Russia Will Strike 'New Targets' If US Supplies Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday warned that Russia would strike "new targets" if the U.S. supplies long-range missiles to Ukraine.
Putin's warning was followed by Russian forces launching airstrikes on Kyiv that supposedly destroyed military supplies donated by Western forces. While the Russian president said Kyiv gaining additional weapons "doesn’t change anything in essence," he argued that Biden's actions will only "drag out the armed conflict for as long as possible." Echoing a similar sentiment, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov accused the U.S. of "deliberately pouring oil on the fire."
While President Joe Biden confirmed in an op-ed published last week that the U.S. will send new advanced rocket systems to Kyiv, he was assured by Ukrainian leaders that the missiles wouldn't be used to target Russia. The president has remained critical of Putin's war efforts and emphasized that the U.S. won't become "directly" involved in the conflict.
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Russia hits Kyiv with missiles; Putin warns West on armsRussia took aim Sunday at Western military supplies for Ukraine, launching airstrikes on Kyiv that it claimed destroyed tanks donated from abroad, as Vladimir Putin warned that any Western deliveries of longer-range rocket systems would prompt Moscow to hit “objects that we haven’t yet struck.”
The Russian leader’s cryptic threat of military escalation did not specify what the new targets might be. It came days after the United States announced plans to deliver $700 million of security assistance for Ukraine that includes four precision-guided, medium-range rocket systems, as well as helicopters, Javelin...
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Putin Warns Russia Will Strike New Targets If US Gives New Missiles to UkraineRussian 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...
From the Center
Putin warns United States against supplying Ukraine longer range missilesPresident Vladimir Putin warned the United States in an interview broadcast on Sunday that Russia would strike new targets if the West supplied longer-range missiles to Ukraine for use in high-precision mobile rocket systems.
The United States has ruled out sending its own or NATO forces to Ukraine but Washington and its European allies have supplied weapons to Kyiv such as drones, Howitzer heavy artillery, anti-aircraft Stinger and anti-tank Javelin missiles.
President Joe Biden last week said Washington would supply Ukraine with M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS,...
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