Vladimir Putin warns the US and NATO will be 'at war' with Russia if Ukraine is allowed to use long-range missiles

Vladimir Putin has warned the U.S. and NATO would be ‘at war’ with Russia if the West lets Ukraine use long-range missiles.

US and British foreign ministers met President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Wednesday with the war at a pivotal point.

American officials have also been discussing easing restrictions on the use of weapons that could strike deep inside Russia.

Putin said the move from the West would ‘change the very nature of the conflict’, and issued a severe threat against giving Zelensky more firepower.

‘It would mean that NATO countries, the US, European countries, are at war with Russia,’ he told a state TV reporter on Thursday.

‘If that’s the case, then taking into account the change of nature of the conflict, we…