Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky vents anger at long-range missile delay as Putin ‘burns down our cities’
Volodymyr Zelensky has said it is “difficult to repeatedly hear” Western allies say they are working on a decision to lift limits on the use of long-range missiles as Vladimir Putin “burns down our cities and villages”.
Mr Zelensky has pleaded with allies for months to allow his military to fire long-range US ATACMS and British Storm Shadow missiles at Russian targets used to launch devastating daily attacks on Ukraine.
On Friday, UK prime minister Keir Starmer met with US president Joe Biden at the White House were they discussed Ukraine and the Middle East. There was no announcement on the use of long-range weapons.
“Putin interprets delays in helping us and in making strong decisions for Ukraine as permission to do whatever he wants,” Mr Zelensky wrote on X.
Meanwhile, Russian president Vladimir Putin warned Nato will be directly at war with Moscow if the US and UK allow Kyiv to use the weapons.
The Russian president claimed the programming of Western missiles would have to be done by Nato military personnel – bringing the organisation into direct confrontation with the Kremlin.
