Putin warns West it risks “fighting Russia” if it lets Ukraine use long-range missiles | BBC News
Russia’s President Putin has warned that the United States and European countries would be “directly participating” in the war in Ukraine if they lift restrictions on it using long-range missiles to strike Russian territory.
He said that would change the nature of the conflict and mean the US and other NATO countries were “fighting with Russia”.
It comes as the United States and Nato allies consider whether to allow Ukraine to use the long-range missiles they’ve supplied to attack targets within Russia.
Mr Putin has repeatedly warned in the past that Russia could escalate the conflict and might use nuclear weapons if its security was threatened.
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47 comments
Ukraine lost the war long ago and so will NATO tomorrow.
The West is playing with fire. I don’t have a good feeling about this. The elites are diabolical, they will sacrifice all of us on the alter of war. I’ve been non partisan and non committal to both sides in the US election but the democratic war machine will put us all in jeopardy. Trump must be elected for the sake of all our lives and futures.
Insane! These guys have no clue what they are in for.
The old man has nothing. He's just a babblermouth😅
NATO would crush russia! Putin will only be remembered for being a murderous coward!
They want the Kremlin , all that oil gas and minerals , the farmland of the largest country by far and a border on China . You can conscript a one finger salute though
Oh my goodness pee-u-tin actually ackowledged that russia is NOT yet fighting NATO?
What will his trolls and bots do now?
Starmer should think hard. He will not have support of uk citizens if he brings the uk into war. It's on his shoulders
😂😂 Bring it on Putin..
UKRAINE is not Europe,the west start now a BIGGER WAR against RUSSIA,because they want UKRAINE…
Cry harder can't even handle Ukraine nobody is scared of the Russians
Putin is afraid that they will blow up his dacha
hahaha…
Ukraine's only way out is to start WW3. Thats what they keep pushing for from the start. 3 years later Russia can not be beaten, they keep puring money and weapons with no result. NATO countries are broke and getting desperate, people are fed up seeinng their taxes go up, benefits cut and then the next day £500 million sent to Ukraine.
Judging by the comments, the govt, BBC and the rest of the lying legacy media have succeeded in dumbing down the public. Wake up and dont let them sleepwalk us into WW3 – nuclear armageddon
Here’s the bullshit !!! Why is it that we can’t live in this bubble in peace and harmony… bullshit ass old farts trying to have power over the weak and the poor … !!
The promoters of the systemic evil involved
in killing President Kennedy counted on our
repression and denial of its reality. They
knew that no one would want to deal with the
elephant in the living room. The Dallas and
Bethesda doctors who saw the truth staring
up at them from the president's dead body,
and who then backed away from it, were not
unique. They are symbolic of us all.
(JFK-The Unspeakable)
Calling Putin a liar is like calling NATO defensive.
What am I doing on this idiotic channel. better get off quick before my IQ drops
Why two countries US and Russia which is million miles apart can have such estrange relationship? Is the world really this small?
Russia has the right to defend itself 👍
Why is kier starmer getting involved what good has he even done for england without him going to another land fuckinh their shit up too
You attack Miami, see how Florida thinks
WW3 wont last very long ⚛
sleep well putin.
So what?You can fight back.
"Today, every inhabitant of this planet must
contemplate the day when this planet may no
longer be habitable. Every man, woman and
child lives under a nuclear sword of
Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of
threads, capable of being cut at any moment
by accident or miscalculation or by madness.
The weapons of war must be abolished before
they abolish us.
– John F. Kennedy (The Unspeakable)
Desperate. He’ll face a coup.
Putin is a little hiitler…the west are so scared…like that obnoxious bully..
Oh, I see that the undesirable comments are being deleted. This is the kind of "democracy" you have, this is the kind of "freedom of speech" you have.
SEEMS LIKE THE ONLY LEGAL INVADERS IN THE WORLD is usa and england .WARNING TO ALL INVADERS DONT TRY ANYMORE INVASION IN AFRICA
Ahh the classic MSM, doesnt even show the whole word putin said, heres what putin said
"There is an attempt to substitute concepts. Because we are not talking about allowing or prohibiting the Kiev regime to strike at Russian territory.
It is already striking with the help of unmanned aerial vehicles and other means. But when it comes to using high–precision long-range Western-made weapons, it's a completely different story.
The fact is that, as I have already said, and any experts will confirm this (both here and in the West), the Ukrainian army is not able to strike with modern high-precision long-range systems of Western production. It can't do that.
This is possible only with the use of satellite data, which Ukraine does not have — this is data only from satellites of either the European Union or the United States, in general, from NATO satellites.
This is the first one.
The second, and very important, perhaps key, is that flight missions to these missile systems can, in fact, only be carried out by military personnel of NATO countries. Ukrainian servicemen cannot do this.
And therefore, it is not a question of allowing the Ukrainian regime to strike Russia with these weapons or not to allow it. It's about deciding whether NATO countries are directly involved in a military conflict or not. If this decision is made, it will mean nothing more than the direct participation of NATO countries, the United States, and European countries in the war in Ukraine.
This is their direct involvement. And this, of course, significantly changes the very essence, the very nature of the conflict.
This will mean that NATO countries, the United States, and European countries are at war with Russia.
And if this is the case, then, bearing in mind the change in the very essence of this conflict, we will make appropriate decisions based on the threats that will be created to us."
This is just a continuation of ww2 , the allies weren't really with Russia .ww3 is closer than we think
Putin acting like a spoilt brat again
West Fascists, Russia is not an easy Meal!!! ;))
😂 only Britain can give aid to Ukraine.. you ain't allowed to help Russia because the occultist Brits say so lol 🤣
Even if Ukraine gets the green light they still cant beat Russia
They are already fighting with Russia. They keep arming Ukraine. We are at war. This is so stupid
Russia has proven the only thing they have of any consequence is Soviet era nukes. Considering their military leaders sold the uniforms they couldn’t equip their soldiers with, it’s doubtful they kept up the maintenance required to prevent degradation.
he said right .
Black man speaking for the west that’s killed and killing brown and black people? Common term is ‘sellout’
The ignorance on the comments is extraordinary, the war is finished lost, nato started this war by trying to expand in Ukraine, nato is killing Ukrainians everyday through their own ego and until the American election is over , fyi Russia lost over 20 million people during the Second World War, they defeated hitler not America or Britain, their economy is far better than shitty Uk and Europe that can’t produce anything
Is it only USA THAT CAN INVADE ANY1
No shit.
These small group of people hold the world’s populations lives in their hands. Disgusting!
Putin is not bluffing. Long-range missile use by us is de facto broader war.
He is a coward and will do nothing. It’s not a way to “fight against Russia” is a way to peace.