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putin warns the west: if restrictions on ukraine's use of long-range weapons are relaxed, it will be seen as nato declaring war on russia

2024-09-13

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cailian press reported on september 13 (editor zhao hao) according to reports from multiple media outlets, russian president vladimir putin said on thursday (september 12) that if the west allows kiev to use long-range weapons to attack russian targets, it will mean that nato and russia are "at war."

"this will change the nature of the conflict to a great extent. it will mean that nato countries, the united states and european countries, will be at war with russia," putin told reporters from a russian state television station.

"if this is the case, we will make a decision based on the threat we face, taking into account the changes in the nature of the conflict," putin said, noting that whether kiev is allowed to launch a deep strike against russia "represents whether nato countries are directly involved in a military conflict."

recently, ukraine has repeatedly called on western countries to allow the ukrainian army to use the long-range weapons they provide to strike deep into russian territory. on tuesday afternoon (september 10th) us time, us president biden answered reporters' questions at the white house and said that the us government is "dealing with this issue."

us media quoted mccaul, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, as saying that during his visit to ukraine on wednesday, blinken will convey the us permission for the ukrainian military to use us-made army tactical missile systems to strike russia.

russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said today that russia has no doubt that the west has long decided to lift restrictions on ukraine's use of long-range weapons to attack russian territory, and is now trying to beautify this decision in public.