.jpeg)
Dear Reader...
According to Russian state media, Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to strike new targets if the US supplies long-range missiles to Ukraine.
According to Putin, delivering new arms to Kiev is only intended to "drag out the armed conflict for as long as possible," according to Russian state media TASS on Sunday, June 5.
When it comes to Western deliveries of long-range missiles to Kiev, he says Russia will draw "appropriate conclusions" and strike those "facilities" that have not yet been targeted.
"If they are supplied, we will draw appropriate conclusions from this and use our own weapons, of which we have enough, in order to strike at those facilities we are not targeting yet," Putin said, commenting on the situation regarding the supply of American multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) to Ukraine.
His remarks come after US President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday, May 31, that he will send new advanced missile systems to Ukraine, which could tip the war in Ukraine's favor.
Putin blamed the US for "injecting large sums of money" into its economy to combat the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, which led to inflation and a "unfavorable situation in the food market, because food prices went up first and foremost."
Putin also blamed the crisis in the food and energy markets on "short-sighted policy of European countries, particularly the European Commission, in the energy sector."
“Among other things, the Europeans did not listen to our urgent requests to preserve long-term contracts for the supply of the same natural gas to European countries, and they also began to (terminate the contracts) … This had a negative impact on the European energy market: Prices crept up. Russia has absolutely nothing to do with it," he said.
Fertilizer prices increased as soon as gas prices increased "Because some of these fertilizers are produced, including at the expense of gas, the price immediately increased. Everything is linked together "Putin continued.
"But we warned about this, and this has nothing to do with any military operation of Russia," Putin said.