The comment - which Putin made at a rare press conference with foreign news outlets - came after several Western countries including the United States gave Ukraine the green light to strike targets inside Russia, a move Moscow has called a grave miscalculation.
SAINT PETERSBURG - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday criticised the West's delivery of long-range weapons to Ukraine, arguing Moscow could arm other countries with similar weapons to attack Western targets.
Referring to German authorities, he said:"When they say that there will be more missiles which will hit targets on Russian territory, this definitively destroys Russian-German relations."Sitting opposite representatives from news outlets including AFP, Putin repeated that his country"did not start the war against Ukraine", instead blaming a pro-Western revolution in 2014.
"I can tell you that as a rule, no one talks about it," Putin rebuffed, when asked why Russia had not yet disclosed a figure.The issue of military casualties is extremely sensitive in Russia, where all criticism of the conflict is banned and"spreading false information" about the army carries a maximum 15 year jail sentence.
"Their supposed leadership in the sphere of democracy is being burned to the ground," the Russian leader added.
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