Putin threatens NATO member states, a group of countries that support Ukraine by providing weapons
On 27 June 2025, Israel continued its attacks on the Gaza Strip. According to reports, Israeli strikes in northern Gaza killed at least 14 Palestinians, including a teenager who was shot in the neck.
The attacks often occurred near aid distribution centers, which the United Nations and human rights organizations called the “weaponization of aid.” According to the Gaza State Media Office, 549 Palestinians were killed and 4,066 injured near aid centers of the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) in the past four weeks.
Israel claims that the attacks were aimed at securing the release of Hamas militants and kidnapped hostages. However, Palestinian officials and international organizations say that the attacks target civilians, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis.
According to the Gaza Health Ministry, more than 56,000 Palestinians have been killed in the war that began in October 2023, most of them women and children.
Russian President Vladimir Putin recently warned in a televised address that Russia could retaliate against military facilities in Western countries, including Britain, if they attack Russian territory with weapons supplied to Ukraine.
The threat came in response to Ukraine’s attack on Russia’s Kursk region with American ATACMS and British Storm Shadow missiles on November 21, 2024. Putin also said that Russia had struck a military-industrial facility in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro with a new Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile, which was equipped with a non-nuclear hypersonic warhead.
“We consider ourselves entitled to use weapons against the military facilities of countries that allow the use of their weapons against us,” he said.
This was a direct reference to Britain and the US, which allowed Ukraine to use their missiles to hit targets inside Russia. The missile has a range of more than 2,500 km, which could cover the distance from Moscow to London, posing a potential threat to Britain.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer responded by saying that Britain would not be intimidated by Putin’s “reckless threats” and would continue to support Ukraine, which is being done on the basis of international law and self-defense.
British Defense Secretary John Healy also called Putin’s move “reckless”. At the same time, Russia has reduced the limits on the use of nuclear weapons by changing its nuclear policy, in which an attack by a non-nuclear country, if supported by a nuclear country, will be considered an attack by the entire organization.
This policy is also being understood in the context of NATO. The situation has further heightened tensions between Russia and the West, and experts believe the conflict could enter a more dangerous phase.
However, the US and Britain have made it clear that their assistance is for Ukraine’s self-defense, not for a direct attack on Russia.
International efforts for a ceasefire are ongoing, but have not yet achieved any major success.