Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that he could provide weapons to opponents of the United States and Western allies to strike their countries on Wednesday.
Putin made the comments in response to Western allies allowing Ukraine to use their weapons to strike inside Russia, something many of those nations, including the United States, had banned at the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine two years ago.
"That is, the answer may be symmetrical. We will think it."
U.S. President Biden last week gave Ukraine the green light to use its hardware to strike within Russia with the limitation that the weapons are used for defensive purposes and Kyiv could not use its long-range missiles.
The Institute for the Study of War said on Tuesday that a Ukrainian strike on the Russian S-300/400 battery north of Belgorod city was "likely" carried out using a U.S. High Mobility Rocket System, or HIMARS.
In Wednesday's speech, Putin singled out Germany, which joined the United States in permitting Ukraine to strike Russia using its long-range weapons.
Putin on Wednesday also warned that Russia can use "all means at our disposal" when asked the potential for triggering a nuclear war.
