Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened an “asymmetric response” if Russian territory is attacked by Ukraine with Western-supplied weapons, as the Kremlin leader addressed Western media directly for the first time since the war began. Speaking at a press conference in St Petersburg on Wednesday, Putin said Moscow was considering stationing weapons in regions abroad from where they could be used to attack countries providing Kiev with weapons to target Russia. “If anyone thinks it possible to deliver weapons to the war zone to carry out attacks on our territory … why shouldn’t we have…