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.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Damian Grammaticas and Steve Rosenberg.
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So 100,000 North Korean troops in Ukraine is not an escalation, but long-range missile is an escalation ? I want to see whose ego is stronger, Putin or Trump.
10,000
The start of this war was not the invasion of ukraine but the cia overthrowing the pro Russian government in Ukraine in 2014.
Anywhere, anytime, Vlad. You can’t win.
Why are we even in this because Joe Biden sucks. I don’t believe we should be in the Ukrainian