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These shots follow the green light given by Washington to kyiv on Sunday to fire on Russian soil with these long-range missiles, which the Kremlin had presented as a red line.
In September, Vladimir Putin, who is demanding the surrender of Ukraine, warned that if this country fired on Russian territory with such Western missiles, it would mean that “the NATO countries are at war with Russia”.
“Irresponsible” attitude from Moscow
Russia on Tuesday promised an “appropriate” response to the attack, believing that the conflict was moving into “a new phase” and announcing that the possibilities of using nuclear weapons were thus broadened. This rhetoric on the use of atomic weapons was denounced by Washington, the European Union and the United Kingdom, who castigated an “irresponsible” attitude from Moscow.
Vladimir Putin has repeatedly raised the specter of the use of nuclear weapons since the start of the offensive in February 2022 against Ukraine.
Ukraine has been demanding for many months to be able to strike military targets deep in Russia to disrupt the logistics of its army, now supported by thousands of North Korean soldiers, according to kyiv and the West. Facing the Ukrainian Parliament, Volodymyr Zelensky estimated that the outcome would come in 2025. “This stage will determine who wins,” he noted, convinced that “Ukraine can defeat Russia,” even if “it is very difficult.”
European countries ready to step up their aid
In this context, Poland and other European states affirmed to be “ready to assume the burden of military and financial support” to kyiv, declared the head of Polish diplomacy Radoslaw Sikorski, after a meeting in Warsaw with several of his European counterparts. However, they will have to find lasting common ground, as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called Vladimir Putin a few days ago for the first time in two years. The Russian President must not “achieve his ends”, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte insisted on Tuesday.
