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on the 12th local time, russian president vladimir putin issued a stern warning to the united states and other western countries. he said that the direct involvement of nato, the united states and european countries in the russian-ukrainian conflict will completely change the nature of the conflict, which "will mean that they are going to war with russia", and russia will "make appropriate decisions" based on the threats it faces. reuters said that this is putin's "toughest statement" so far on nato's lifting of restrictions on ukraine's use of foreign-aided long-range weapons. previously, western media and politicians have been claiming that the white house is considering allowing ukraine to use long-range weapons made in the united states and britain to strike deep targets in russia. us president biden and british prime minister starmer will hold talks in washington on the 13th local time to discuss whether to allow kiev to launch long-range missiles provided by the west to russia. "we have no doubt that president putin's statement has been conveyed to the recipient," russian presidential press secretary peskov pointed out on the 13th. "the statement made by president putin is very important, very clear and unambiguous. don't have any double interpretation of it."

“the toughest statement”

according to ria novosti, putin said on the 12th that experts have confirmed that without nato's help, ukraine cannot use the modern long-range, high-precision weapon systems made in the west to strike. ukraine can only do this by using satellite intelligence from the united states, the european union and nato. he said that more importantly, the use of these missile systems to implement (strike) missions can only be the responsibility of nato soldiers. therefore, "it is not a question of (nato) allowing or not allowing the ukrainian regime to use these weapons to strike russia, but to make a decision: whether nato should be directly involved in the military conflict. if this decision is made, it means that nato is directly involved in the war in ukraine."

reuters said putin did not elaborate on what countermeasures russia might take, but he had previously said that russia's options included providing russian-made weapons to western hostile countries to attack western overseas targets.

since the outbreak of the russia-ukraine conflict, the united states and its european allies have continued to provide large amounts of military assistance to ukraine. although they remain reserved about relaxing restrictions on long-range weapons, as the war situation becomes increasingly unfavorable to ukraine, the positions of the united states and europe are gradually showing signs of loosening.

russian state duma chairman volodin said on the 13th: "nato has actually been fighting russia under the guise of the ukrainian army. before, these nato soldiers were advisers and instructors, but now they are mercenaries and reorganized troops using nato weapons. it is these nato soldiers who decide which cities in our country will be attacked, coordinate military operations and issue orders." he said that russia will regard the united states and britain as parties to the war and will be forced to use "more powerful and more destructive" weapons to protect russian citizens.

the united states and the united kingdom are intensively discussing "loosening" measures

according to bloomberg, british prime minister starmer will meet with us president biden in washington on the 13th. the two sides will discuss whether to allow ukraine to launch long-range missile systems provided by the west into russia. according to reports, us secretary of state blinken recently visited the uk and other european countries to consult with the leaders of the uk, ukraine and poland on further lifting restrictions on the use of weapons against ukraine. he and british foreign secretary lamy made a rare joint visit to kiev on wednesday. blinken promised that washington will quickly review kiev's long-standing request and "adjust as needed" to help ukraine defend its security.

according to sky news, after putin issued the warning, british prime minister starmer told reporters on a flight to washington: "britain does not seek any conflict with russia... this is never our intention." however, he added: "ukraine has the right to defend itself, and we have always clearly fully supported ukraine's right to self-defense."

commenting on the prospect of whether the ukrainian army would be authorized to use american weapons to strike russian territory, white house spokeswoman karin jean-pierre said on the 12th that the united states "intends to provide kiev with everything it needs to defend itself." but she refused to comment on putin's warning.

the u.s. "politico" quoted people familiar with the matter on the 12th as saying that in recent days, officials in washington, london and kiev have been discussing expanding the scope of using u.s. and british weapons to strike russian targets. this marks a major policy shift, indicating that the biden administration may be ready to finally agree to kiev's request.

afp quoted sources as saying that in view of putin's warning, the biden administration, which is worried about provoking a nuclear conflict, may be prepared to allow ukraine to deploy and use missiles produced by britain or france using us technology, but will not allow the deployment of us-made missiles.

the ukrainian president is also putting pressure

on the 12th, american billionaire musk commented on a video posted by a user on the social platform x in which putin issued a warning. in a post with the video attached, the user wrote that if the biden administration allowed ukraine to launch strikes against targets deep inside russian territory with us-made weapons, it would "trigger world war iii." in response, musk expressed concern, saying, "this is definitely a step in that direction."

russia today tv quoted experts on the 13th as saying that the west may not publicly announce that it will allow ukraine to use long-range missiles to strike targets deep inside russian territory. discussions among nato, the united states and european countries on relaxing kiev's use of long-range weapons are a test of russia's response. although the west is trying to hurt russia, they are also worried about russia's retaliation. whether it is allowed or not, the west may not publicly announce it, and this strategy has been adopted many times.

ukrainian president zelensky has also frequently put pressure on the united states and other western countries, urging them to "loosen the reins" on the use of long-range weapons against ukraine. according to afp, zelensky plans to travel to the united states this month to meet with biden. he accused the west of being "too afraid" of russia in kiev on the 13th. "western allies can jointly shoot down missiles and drones flying to israel in the middle east. why haven't they made a similar decision to jointly shoot down russian missiles over ukraine? they don't even dare to say 'we are working on it.'" zelensky said, "even if russian missiles and drones do fly to the territory of our neighbors, they won't do it... this is a shame for the democratic world."