Countries were fighting with russia. Our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. What we heard from vladimir putin today was a clear warning to the west do not do this, do not allow ukraine to use your missiles to strike russian territory. What we didn t hear from vladimir putin was what russia s going to do if this actually happens. He talked about taking appropriate decisions but without any detail. Now, what might those decisions be? well, in the past, president putin has proposed providing advanced long range weapons to western adversaries, to strike western targets abroad. He s also suggested in the past deploying conventional missiles within striking distance of america and its european allies. Now, russian officials many times have accused the west of fighting russia, waging war against russia, on the territory of ukraine. Putin made it clear today that if this goes ahead, if western missiles are used to target russian territory, this will take things to a whole new level. So
It is their direct participation and this of course significantly changes the very essence of the conflict. This will mean that nato countries, the united states, european countries, are fighting with russia. Meanwhile, moscow s defence ministry says its forces have recaptured 10 settlements over the past two days and that ukraine s military has suffered heavy casualties. But president zelensky says kyiv anticipated russia s counteroffensive and knows how to respond. Our russia editor, steve rosenberg, has been following russia s defence strategy from moscow. A music video from the russian military. Allegedly showing it targeting ukrainian troops across the board of the it s presented like a blockbuster. In reality, this is a huge problem for russia. The governor of the kursk bridge and put it in vigors. He told vladimir putin that ukrainian soldiers had seized 28 settlements in his region. The kremlin leader cut him off or stop leave the numbers to the military, he said. Translation
To strike russian territory. He said this would change the nature of the conflict, and mean the us and other nato countries were fighting with russia. The british prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, who is currently heading to washington, is expected to discuss the use of such missiles with President Biden on friday. Damian grammaticas reports. Two and a half years after vladimir putin launched his invasion of ukraine, and almost nightly russian bombs and missiles continue to batter the country. Strikes launched from deep inside russia. To counter these, ukraine has for months been urging the west to allow it to use the long range weapons they already supply to hit back, against airfields, logistics and military targets that sustain these assaults, and to blunt the Advances Russia is making on the ground. For ukraine, the timing, with winter coming, is critical, so on the agenda for Sir Keir Starmer heading to washington with the foreign secretary, whether to green light attacks on russi