Vladimir Putin warns Ukraine over Western weapons as strikes hit Kyiv

Russia took aim Western military supplies for Ukraine on Sunday, launching strikes on Kyiv, as Vladimir Putin warned that any Western deliveries of longer-range rocket systems would prompt Moscow to hit ‘objects that we haven’t yet struck’ (Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo/AP)

Russia took aim at Western military supplies for Ukraine on Sunday, launching strikes on Kyiv as Vladimir Putin warned that any Western deliveries of longer-range rocket systems would prompt Moscow to hit “objects that we haven’t yet struck”.

The Russian leader’s threat of military escalation did not specify what the new targets might be. It came days after the United States announced plans to deliver 700 million dollars of security assistance for Ukraine that includes four precision-guided, medium-range rocket systems, as well as helicopters, Javelin anti-tank systems, radars, tactical vehicles and more.