Talk of Ukraine’s missile deal riles Russia; Kyiv vows to make more weapons

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Defence Minister Andrei Belousov and First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, visits a drone production facility at the Special Technology Centre in Saint Petersburg, Russia [Sputnik/Valery Sharifulin/Pool via Reuters]

Russian officials delivered dissonant statements in the past week about how Moscow would respond to Western weapons striking deep inside its territory, and whether such attacks will happen at all.

Russian diplomats played on the now-familiar threat of a nuclear response.