Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West that letting Ukraine use longer range weapons to strike targets inside his country would put NATO at war with Russia the warning came as us and UK officials discussed Ukraine's demand for them to ease rules on firing Western weapons inside Russia the US Secretary of State Anthony blinkin promised that Washington would quickly review Ukraine's request to use Western supplied weapons to strike Russian Targets this would in a significant way change the very nature of the conflict Putin told a state television reporter it would mean that NATO countries the US and European countries are at war with Russia he said if that's the case then taking into account the change of nature of the conflict we will take the appropriate decisions based on the threats that we will face he further added