Putin warns he could strike British and US targets as he confirms launch of new intermediate range missile on Ukraine

VLADIMIR Putin has warned he could strike Britain and US military facilities after Ukraine used ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles inside Russian territory.

The dictator revealed Ukraine was today blasted with a new kind of ballistic missile that hurtled down from the edge of space in a “depraved” act of nuclear brinksmanship.

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Putin has dropped his most direct threat yet against the West[/caption]

In a televised address today, Putin said: “Russia considers itself entitled to use weapons against military facilities of countries that permit the use of their weapons against Russia.

“Since this moment, as we have underscored repeatedly, the conflict in Ukraine, provoked by the West, has acquired elements of global nature.”

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