Putin will soon issue an 'ultimatum'. Report | Ukraine | Putin
According to the website of Newsweek on June 10th, Margarita Simonyan, the editor in chief of Russian television, predicted today that Putin will soon issue an "ultimatum" regarding NATO aid to Ukraine.
According to the report, Simonyan said in a new interview that she believes the West's free provision of weapons to Ukraine is "joining the war.".
Simonyan said, "One morning, we will wake up to find that Putin issued an ultimatum the night before. He said that if F-16 fighter jets taking off from these country's airports continue to attack Russian territory, and if various weapons transported from these country's ports continue to be supplied to Ukraine, then we will consider these airports and ports as legitimate targets of war."
According to reports, Simonyan also stated that Russia has the right to declare NATO countries as legitimate targets of attack without an ultimatum, stating that she has not seen "other options" to address Western aid to Ukraine.
The report mentions that public figures from Russian state television stations such as Simonyan have made headlines for threatening Ukraine and Western countries. In April last year, the editor in chief of Today's Russian Television also proposed the "complete destruction" of Ukraine and the implementation of a "nuclear strike.".