MOSCOW, Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that Moscow would “draw conclusions” if the U.S. supplies long-range missiles to Ukraine, adding that he would set his eyes on new targets that have not been attacked.
“If it now comes to rockets
and they are supplied, we will draw conclusions from that and employ our
weapons that we have in sufficient quantities to strike those facilities that
we are not attacking so far,” Putin stated on the Rossiya-1 TV channel, according to Russian
state news agency Tass.
“In my view, all this fuss
over additional deliveries of armaments generally pursues the sole objective of
stretching out the armed conflict as long as possible,” Putin added.
His warning comes in response
to the Biden administration’s decision
to send advanced rocket systems as part of a $700 million weapons
package to Ukraine.
The High Mobility Artillery
Rocket Systems (HIMARS) can fire many of the same types of rockets as the
Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS), which can hit targets 300 kilometers
away. The HIMARS allows Ukrainians to more precisely strike targets from a
greater distance inside Ukraine.
When asked about U.S.
assurances that the systems would not be used inside Russian territory, Putin
said it “depends on the types of rockets that the Americans will supply.”
“Now a part of them has been
restored and some have been taken from inventories and, as we understand, they
currently have about 360 such systems,” the Russian president said.
“We believe that the delivery
of rocket systems by the United States and some other countries is related to
making up for the losses of this combat hardware,” he added. “There is nothing
new about that and this actually changes nothing.” - CNN
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