Putin’s threat to put long-range weapons closer to West leaves unanswered questions

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Speaking to international journalists in St. Petersburg, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Moscow would consider providing long-range weapons to others to strike Western targets in response to those countries allowing Ukraine to use their arms to attack Russian territory. 'It [missile strikes against Russia] is done by the Western specialists. We have no illusions about that,' he said. Russian President Vladimir Putin has publicly conveyed Moscow's anger over Ukraine getting approval from some NATO allies to use Western weapons more freely to defend its borders and even to attack selected targets inside Russia. Yet analysts say that...