KYIV: 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
Russia n President Vladimir Putin speaks during a plenary session of the 10th St. Petersburg International United Cultures Forum in Saint Petersburg, Russia Sep 12, 2024. KYIV: Russia n President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Thursday that letting Ukraine use longer-range weapons to strike targets inside his country would put NATO"at war" with Russia .for them to ease rules on firing Western weapons into Russia , more than two and a half years into Moscow's invasion of Ukraine .
"This would in a significant way change the very nature of the conflict," Putin told a state television reporter."If that's the case, then taking into account the change of nature of the conflict, we will take the appropriate decisions based on the threats that we will face." "Units of the 'North' group of troops liberated 10 settlements within two days," Russia's defence ministry said on Telegram.
Ukraine's commander-in-chief of armed forces Oleksandr Syrsky said in late August that Kyiv had seized 100 settlements and almost 1,300 sq km of Russian territory. "The delay in this process leads to Russia moving these military targets deeper into Russia," Zelenskyy said.President Joe Biden is expected to review the Ukrainian requests Friday in a White House meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Russia has increased its air attacks on Ukraine in recent weeks amid the Kursk offensive, including targeting the country's energy infrastructure as winter looms.Moscow's forces are also ramping up the pressure on the battlefield in the eastern Donetsk region, where the most intense fighting is taking place.
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