Putin diligently threatens! Fires more targets to attack. Ukraine doesn’t care, asks the West for more weapons
Putin diligently threatens! – 6 June AFP and the BBC reports the unrest in Ukraine that President Vladimir Putin The Russian leader has threatened that Russian forces will increase attack targets if the West continues to supply long-range munitions to Ukraine.
The move came as Russian forces resumed attacks on the outskirts of Kiev. capital of ukraine On Sunday, June 5, it was the first air strike in the Kiev area in weeks.
File Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin gives an interview to Rossiya-1 TV channel in Sochi, Russia. Russia will expand the list of targets it will attack in Ukraine if Western countries send long-range weapons to Kyiv, President Vladimir Putin says. The warning came as explosions shook parts of Kyiv on Sunday in the first air strikes on the capital for weeks. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Russia claims it can destroy tanks that European nations encourage Ukraine to use on the battlefield. While the local authorities in the city of Severo Donetsk in the Luhansk region east of Ukraine It revealed that Ukrainian troops were able to recapture more than half of the city that had previously been attacked by Russians and led to occupying forces.
President Putin told government television that “In my opinion The chaos from arming has only one goal. Pull out armed conflict for as long as possible. What the US provides is nothing new. But if they support long-range weapons We will come to a suitable conclusion and use our weapons which are sufficient to attack targets that we have not yet attacked,” the Russian leader reiterated.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. military forces fire a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) rocket during the annual Philippines-US live fire amphibious landing exercise (PHIBLEX) at Crow Valley in Capas, Tarlac province, north of Manila, Philippines October 10, 2016. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco//File Photo
while Miss Hanna Mallar Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine He called on the West to continue to provide military assistance to Ukraine to protect its sovereignty and push Russian forces out of the country.
“We are entering a protracted war and we need continued support. The West must understand that aid cannot come only once. But it is something that must continue until we are victorious,” Ms Mallar told local media.
The report said Russia’s tough stance came shortly following US authorities announced it would deploy a multi-barreled rocket system. (HIMARS) Model M142 for the Ukrainian Army This weapon has the potential to fire precision guided missiles. It can hit targets at a distance of up to 70 kilometers, far more than the current Ukrainian artillery.
Besides the United States, Germany has also promised to deliver the IRIS-T air-to-air missile defense system that Ukraine can use to defend the country from Russian aggression.
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, poses for a photo with servicemen close to the front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, June 5, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
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