Vern Evans
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) about greenlighting the use of long-range missile strikes by Ukraine. Putin added that he hopes the West “heard” his warning and will not allow aggression into Russian territory.
Russia has warned and threatened NATO before, and the bloc continues to cross red lines and do whatever it wants without retaliation. That could mean that this warning has fallen on deaf ears and the rulers of Ukraine’s Western backers will just do whatever they want and continue to cross any red line laid out by Moscow. This may be one of Russia’s last red lines, but so far, those lines appear to more pink and blurry.
Once again, in an interview published on Sunday, Putin stressed that the Ukrainian military cannot independently use high-precision weapons, even those donated by its allies. “Only specialists from NATO states can do this because this requires space intelligence, which Ukraine naturally does not have,” he explained.
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Putin said last month that Moscow would treat any such attacks as a direct attack by the countries that supplied the weapons. Amid growing Western involvement in the Ukraine conflict, the Russian president has also proposed updating the national nuclear doctrine.
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When asked whether Kyiv’s backers had listened to his warning, Putin told Rossiya-1 correspondent Pavel Zarubin: “They didn’t tell me anything about it, but I hope they heard it.”
According to Putin who was quoted by RT, “what is happening now is all being done by the hands of NATO officers…The only question is whether they will allow themselves to strike deep into Russian territory or not,” he pointed out. Russia would have to respond accordingly, the president warned.
Russia has made a lot of empty threats during this war toward Ukraine’s allies. So far, things look like they will continue. But Putin did say that Russia would respond if NATO crosses this red line.
“How to respond, when, and where specifically – it’s too early to talk about it now. But, obviously, our military department is thinking about this and will be offering various options,” he concluded.
Ukraine has been demanding for months to be “allowed” to cross this red line.
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