“President Vladimir Putin has warned that if Western nations allow Ukraine to use long-range weapons to strike inside Russia then it will mean NATO would be “at war” with his country.

“This would in a significant way change the very nature of the conflict. It would mean that NATO countries, the US, European countries, are at war with Russia,” Putin told Russian state TV on Thursday.

“And if this is so, then, bearing in mind the change in the very essence of this conflict, we will make appropriate decisions based on the threats that will be created for us,” he said.

“President Vladimir Putin has warned that if Western nations allow Ukraine to use long-range weapons to strike inside Russia then it will mean NATO would be “at war” with his country.

“This would in a significant way change the very nature of the conflict. It would mean that NATO countries, the US, European countries, are at war with Russia,” Putin told Russian state TV on Thursday.

“And if this is so, then, bearing in mind the change in the very essence of this conflict, we will make appropriate decisions based on the threats that will be created for us,” he said. https://www-aljazeera-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/9/13/putin-warns-ukraine-use-of-long-range-arms-will-put-nato-at-war-with-russia?amp_js_v=0.1&amp_gsa=1#webview=1&cap=swipe

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Anyone who dismisses this as mere posturing -- and it is geopolitical posturing -- will learn the wicked cost of normalcy bias once the price for military adventurism comes due.

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Or perhaps Putin is the one who will be learning that lesson, when his bluff is called and he has no actual recourse.