'The longer the range of the systems that will be delivered, the further we will move back the Nazis,' Russia's foreign minister said Monday.
Several high-ranking Russian officials have issued warnings to the United States and its allies against supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles, threatening the seizure of more land in response amid the ongoing war that began in late February.
On Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during a press conference that if countries helping Ukraine, like the United States and Britain, provide Ukraine with long-range missile capability, Russia will be forced to retaliate by taking more territory in Ukraine, Reuters reported. "The longer the range of the systems that will be delivered, the further we will move back the Nazis from that line from which threats to Russian speakers and the Russian Federation may come," he said, according to Reuters.that the U.S. would begin supplying"more advanced rocket systems and munitions" to Ukraine. The new rocket-launcher systems from the U.S. and Britain can reportedly be used to hit targets as far as 50 miles away, according to the Associated Press.
Russia has warned the West against supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles, saying it might take more land from Ukraine in response. Above, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a press conference in Manama, Bahrain, on May 31.reported that the new systems can also be used to fire rockets that can hit targets about 200 miles away. But the AP and theciting a senior Biden administration official.made a similar threat during a Sunday evening television appearance, according to AP.
Putin said the Kremlin will"draw appropriate conclusions and use our strike means, which we have plenty of, in order to hit the facilities that we haven't struck yet."
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