In a rare wide-ranging press conference with Russia’s leading media, Russian President Vladimir Putin fielded addressed recent statements by Western leaders suggesting that Ukraine should be allowed to strike deep into Russian territory using Western-supplied weapons and other burning issues. Momentum is building to allow Ukraine to use Nato-supplied weapons to hit targets inside Russia. The list of countries granting permission has grown fast in recent weeks. The latest comments came from a European Union defence minister and Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. ‘We are giving weapons to …
