INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
intelligence officials believe Russia could retaliate with lethal force if the Biden administration allows Ukraine to use Western weapons to
strike deep within Russian territory, The New York Times reported Thursday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter.The warning
clear message to the West
Under the proposed changes, Moscow would consider any attack by a non-nuclear country supported by a nuclear power as a joint attack by
and European military bases if President Joe Biden allows Kyiv to fire long-range missiles further into Russia
inside his country.The NYT report adds that U.S
range, which can reach up to 190 miles (300 kilometers).Ukraine has already used some Western-supplied missiles to target Russian military
positions in and around annexed Crimea, which Kyiv says it is determined to reclaim since Moscow annexed the peninsula in 2014.
