Kremlin threats to NATO countries over Ukraine potentially using western-made missiles to hit military targets in Russia would likely take the form of increased sabotage, cyber and other hybrid attacks, said US and European officials.
Russia could also retaliate by directly or indirectly targeting US troops in other areas like the Middle East, another person said.
The US and the UK are discussing allowing Ukraine to deploy British cruise missiles backed by US navigational data to conduct long-range strikes inside Russia, after months of requests from Kyiv. A final decision hasn’t been taken yet.
In this pool photograph distributed by Russia’s state agency Sputnik, Vladimir Putin tours a military gear exhibition in Moscow.
Photographer: Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP/Getty Images
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