Putin warns West risks 'war' if it backs Ukraine long-range strikes

From channelnewsasia.com

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Thursday (Sep 12) that letting Ukraine use longer-range weapons to strike targets inside his country would put NATO "at war" with Russia. The stark warning came as US and UK officials discussed Kyiv's demand for them to ease rules on firing Western weapons into Russia, more than two and a half years into Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Moscow meanwhile also claimed to have recaptured a swath of territory in its western Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces had made advances in recent weeks. Putin spoke after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken promised that Washington ... (full story)