London: President Vladimir Putin warned the West Russia Will strike new targets if the United States begins to supply Ukraine with long-range missiles, TASS news agency reported on Sunday.
If such missiles are supplied, “we will strike targets we haven’t hit yet.” Putin Rossiya-1 was quoted as saying in an interview of the state television channel.
Putin did not name the targets Russia planned to pursue if Western countries began supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles.
Ukraine is asking Multiple Rocket Launch System (MLRS) such as the M270 and M142 HIMARS to strike troops and weapons stores in the rear of the Russian Army.
us President Joe Biden announced plans this week to deliver precision HIMARS rocket systems to Ukraine after receiving assurances from Kyiv that it would not use them to hit targets inside Russia.
Although Russian officials warned that the US decision to supply Ukraine with advanced rocket systems could escalate the conflict, Putin said it would not bring any fundamental changes to the battlefield.
“We understand that this supply (of advance rocket systems) from the United States and some other countries is to compensate for the loss of this military equipment,” Putin said.
He said, ‘This is nothing new. “It doesn’t change anything in a nutshell.”
If such missiles are supplied, “we will strike targets we haven’t hit yet.” Putin Rossiya-1 was quoted as saying in an interview of the state television channel.
Putin did not name the targets Russia planned to pursue if Western countries began supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles.
Ukraine is asking Multiple Rocket Launch System (MLRS) such as the M270 and M142 HIMARS to strike troops and weapons stores in the rear of the Russian Army.
us President Joe Biden announced plans this week to deliver precision HIMARS rocket systems to Ukraine after receiving assurances from Kyiv that it would not use them to hit targets inside Russia.
Although Russian officials warned that the US decision to supply Ukraine with advanced rocket systems could escalate the conflict, Putin said it would not bring any fundamental changes to the battlefield.
“We understand that this supply (of advance rocket systems) from the United States and some other countries is to compensate for the loss of this military equipment,” Putin said.
He said, ‘This is nothing new. “It doesn’t change anything in a nutshell.”