Putin warns of ‘new escalation’ if US supplies weapons to Kyiv
Putin praises ‘listener’ Trump but warns support for Ukraine will ‘damage relations’
- Vladimir Putin has warned the US that supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles would damage relations between Washington and Moscow.
- The Russian president said that the deployment of US Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine would mark a “qualitatively new stage of escalation”.
- Putin also praised Donald Trump as a “comfortable conversationalist” who “listens, hears, and responds” following their Alaska summit in August.
- He acknowledged that while such a move from the US would hurt improving ties, Russia would be able to shoot down the missiles.
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