‘Ukraine must defend itself’: Washington leaders dismiss Putin’s war talk
by Andrew Roth in Washington from World news | The Guardian on (#6QQBY)
Russian leader's warning of potential direct war with Nato regarded as sabre-rattling to weaken support for Ukraine
US officials and lawmakers have shot back at Vladimir Putin after the Russian leader said that Nato's potential lifting of restrictions on Ukraine to launch long-range strikes into Russia would mean Nato countries were at war" with Russia.
The prime minister, Keir Starmer, is meeting with the US president, Joe Biden, on Friday at the White House, where the two are expected to discuss - though not necessarily announce - a loosening of restrictions on Storm Shadow missiles that would allow Ukraine to strike targets as far as 155 miles inside Russia.
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