Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Sunday that Moscow would hit new targets if the West supplied long -range missiles to Ukraine, saying the current delivery of weapons was aimed at “prolonging the fighting”.
If long-range missiles are delivered to Ukraine, then we will draw appropriate conclusions and use our weapons […] to hit sites we haven’t been to yetsaid Mr. Putin, according to excerpts from an interview to be published Sunday night on the television channel Rossiya-1.
He did not specify the range in which Moscow would react or specify which targets could be targeted.
These statements come days after the United States announced its decision to deliver several HIMARS rocket launchers to Ukraine (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) with a range of approximately 80 km.
Military experts point out that this range is slightly larger than similar Russian systems, which would allow kyiv forces to strike enemy artillery while remaining unreachable.
However, US President Joe Biden said on Monday that he has excluded the delivery of long-range rocket launcher systems to Ukraine that could land in Russia, despite repeated requests from kyiv for such weapons. .
Mr. Putin considers that there is a temporary nothing new of US weapons supplied to kyiv, added that Ukrainian forces already exist similar systems made by the Soviet or Russian, such as the Grad, Smertch or Ouragan.
The set of projectiles does not depend on the system itself, but on the missiles usedMr. Putin continued. What we hear and understand today is exactly that [pour les HIMARS américains] missiles with a range of 45 to 70 kmHe added.
Mr Putin said there was no Western arms supply to Ukraine there is only one goal: to prolong the armed conflict as long as possible.
Source: Radio-Canada
