As the US & UK send Ukraine heavier, longer range weapons, Putin threatens to step up attacks in retaliation -- but will Putin bluster deter more support for Ukraine?

As Russia's campaign in Eastern Ukraine grinds on, the United Kingdom is the latest country to commit to sending heavier weapons to the Ukrainian side. After the Biden administration announced it's sending multiple launch rocket systems, the UK said it's sending similar missile launches capable of matching the Russian artillery barrages that now rain down on Ukraine cities in the Donbas on an hourly basis.

This has clearly caught the attention of Vladimir Putin. The Russian warned the U-S and Britain not to send longer-range rockets to Ukraine. Putin says that'll lead Russia to launch more bombing attacks.

Of course all of Ukraine is already living under the threat of Russian attacks. Just this weekend several cruise missiles slammed into targets in Kyiv, the first time the capital city has been bombed in at least a month.

Will western countries be intimidated by Putin's posturing ... or at this point in a war that's dragged on for nearly four months, is there not much fear of Russian retaliation?

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