Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with journalist Pavel Zubin: "I hope the West has heard my signals that allowing long-range strikes deep into Russian territory would mean that NATO is at direct war with Russia.
„They didn't tell me anything about it, but I hope they heard it, because of course we will also have to make some decisions for ourselves,” Putin said when asked if his signals were heard in the west.
Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier said that NATO countries are now discussing not only the possible use of long-range Western weapons from Kiev, but in fact they are deciding whether to get directly involved in the Ukrainian conflict. The direct involvement of Western countries in the Ukrainian conflict will change its essence, Russia will be forced to make decisions based on the threats created for it, he added. The press secretary of the Russian leader, Dmitry Peskov, said that the president's statement about the consequences of the strikes of Western weapons deep into Russia was extremely clear and unambiguous, and there is no doubt that it reached its addressees.