Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned NATO was at risk of entering into war with Russia if Europe and the US allowed Kyiv to attack Russian territory with western-made long-range western missiles.
Putin told Russian state television that this would “mean nothing other than the direct participation of NATO countries – the US and European countries – in the war in Ukraine.”
“It is their direct participation,” he said. “And, of course, this substantially changes the very essence, the nature of the conflict.”
He added: “If that is the case, we will take corresponding decisions based on the threats that will be created to us.”
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will hold talks with US President Joe Biden later Friday, with the U.S. and its allies appearing open to letting Ukraine use long-range Western missiles to strike deep inside Russia — the culmination of a month-long push by Kyiv.
