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Putin: Russia will strike new targets if Ukraine is supplied with long-range missiles PHOTO/TASS
“If such missiles are supplied, we will strike targets that we have not hit,” Putin was quoted as saying in an interview with state television channel Rossiya-1. Putin did not mention the targets Russia plans to hit if Western countries start supplying Ukraine with missiles. long distance.
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“We understand that the supply of (advanced rocket systems) from the US and some other countries is meant to make up for this loss of military equipment,” Putin said. “It’s nothing new. It doesn’t change anything basically,” he continued.
“These are all multiple launch rocket systems and the Ukrainian army operates similar Soviet and Russian-made Grad, Smerch and Uragan rocket systems,” Putin added. According to him, the range “depends on the rocket used and not on the system itself.”
“What we hear today and what we understand, these are rockets that fly up to a distance of 45-70 km depending on the type of rocket. The same goes for the Grad, Uragan, and Smerch rocket systems I’m talking about. They also have a range 40-70 km and there is nothing new about it,” Putin explained.
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Previously, Ukraine had been looking for Multiple Rocket Launch Systems (MLRS), such as the M270 and M142 HIMARS to attack troops and weapons stocks behind Russian troops.
US President Joe Biden announced plans this week to deliver the precision HIMARS rocket system to Ukraine after receiving assurances from Kiev that it would not use it to hit targets inside Russia.
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