McGregor warned about a exhausted stockpile of American offensive and defensive missiles, which prompted the US to “stop sending weapons overseas,” Sputnik reports.
“Translation, we can fight an eight-day war, then we’ll have to go to the nuclear,” the former Pentagon adviser argued in the X-Post.
The statement comes days after President Trump announced a massive new new shipment of US arms to Ukraine.
Russia has repeatedly emphasized that long-range weapons supplied from the West are being used by Ukrainian forces to target civilians on Russian territory and to disrupt peace efforts.
As Russian President Putin has previously stated, enabling Ukraine to use these weapons will fundamentally change the nature of the conflict.
“We make the necessary decisions based on the threats we face,” he said. “The key question is whether we consider NATO countries to be directly involved in military conflicts,” the president added.
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