Putin will retaliate if Storm Shadows approved for use in Russia, Biden warned

Joe Biden must be ready to send “backup” if he allows Ukraine to use Storm Shadow missiles inside Russia because Vladimir Putin will be “hyped up” and retaliate, the US’s first Ukrainian-American congresswoman has said.

In an exclusive interview with the Telegraph, Victoria Spartz said Putin was taking advantage of a lack of pressure from Europe which she described as a “joke”.

“We need to have oversight of what’s happening on those weapons, but also we have to have a strategy on how to deal with that,” she said.

“Things have been micromanaged and not really thought through…what we approved, what kind of missiles we approved, what kind of equipment we approved, and the quantity, and I think Russia has taken advantage of that.

“I think Russia needs to understand that there could be serious consequences. If we continue, this war will escalate further and further. And they need to understand that it will be escalating in their territory.”

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49 comments
  1. MY CONSPIRACY THEORY: US politicians are caught in the middle. It appears that the US people want Ukraine to win (70% Republicans, 75% Democrats) but many elites want Russia to win.

    I see a pattern.

    Since 2014, the US stalled on support in the Donbas. At the start of the war in 2022, US stalled on support (even hand-held arms) allowing Russia to form 4 lines of defense. In 2023, US stalled allowing Russia to form a war economy to produce weapons 24/7. In 2024, they stalled 8 months for giving support to the end of April because it was known that Ukraine would run out of arms in the beginning of February. After they stalled allowing Russia to develop hypersonic and glide bombs. They should also be given credit for the creation of "Russian Safe Zones" to bomb Ukraine.

    The US is now stalling in Ukraine's use of their long range weapons so as to give Russia time to move air bases further away to maintain capability.

  2. Europe won't be buying so much natural gas from Russia after unindicted war criminal Joe Biden blew up the Nordstream 1 and 2 pipelines. What does JD Vance think about Storm Shadow missiles being sent to Ukraine?

  3. Wtf is she talking about? seriously? "the strategy is the strategy that has to be part of the strategy that the strategy is strategic"

  4. Putler retaliates everyday. Putler escalates by getting missiles from iran. What about Ukraine retaliating because the ruzzian escalation.

  5. Putin is already firin gother countries MISSILES INTO UKRAINE, HAS BEEN DOING IT FOR 2 1/2 year or MORE. How is Ukraine FIRING missiles into RUSSIA any DIFFERENT TO THE MAD PSYCHO DWARF DOING IT?

  6. She is correct, Europe has been flying the magic carpet for some time, keep the woodstoves hot, long cold winter ahead.

  7. Did I hear this lady saying that the escalation will be happening on Russia soil without knowing that Putin s missiles can reach into your territory?

  8. No one wins a war. At some stage leaders must recognise who is at whose borders and who is the threatening alliance bumping up against a fearsome bear. Its simple arithmatic and Its time to deesclate tensions. War is not a video game politcians play in their minds.

  9. She is an obvious russian asset. All her statements inside/outside congress has been pro Russian, anti democratic, mostly bullshit about sovereign principles and economy.

  10. It's not just that she has no grasp of English language, it's that she has no grasp of common sense or logic when she is speaking. It's a degradation of a nation and a punishment to be forced to listen to her.

  11. America get ready to send your sons and daughters to Ukraine ,this is why we need real leadership in DC , we need Trump 2024

  12. Ukraine had a bloody Coup in 2014 backed by Britain and the US. Ukraine has been indebted, journalist assassinated and religious leaders beaten and jailed for giving sermons in Church in Sunday morning in Russian. People sitting outdoors in restaurant cafes have been arrested for speaking Russian. Elections have been cancelled. What is going on in Ukraine is criminal. Zelineski is an autocrat who works for British intelligence and Ukraine is being used to launder Armament money.

  13. Відправте цю потвору туди, де вона народилася. 👎
    Ця курва як могла до останнього зубами впиралася, як й усі трампісти, щоб загальмувати гроші для України.

  14. Then lets get it on . Putin put up or shut up we fear then ie nukes be we wont be a slave to them We arent bowing down to any Russian nukes as well

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