Putin warns of war if West lifts Kyiv’s missile limits

The West would be directly fighting with Russia if it allowed Ukraine to strike Russian territory with Western-made long-range missiles, President Vladimir Putin says, a move he warns would alter the nature and scope of the conflict.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been pleading with Kyiv’s allies for months to let Ukraine fire Western missiles including long-range US ATACMS and British Storm Shadows deep into Russian territory…