Furious Putin threatens West a 'fast & tough' response if it crosses his 'red lines' over Ukraine

A FURIOUS Vladimir Putin has threatened the West with a "fast and tough" response if it crosses his "red lines" over Ukraine.

The Russian president said Moscow will respond "swiftly and harshly" to provocation as tensions continue to escalate on the border with Ukraine.

A NEW video shows Russian frigate Admiral Essen launching multiple cruise missiles in the Black Sea as Vladimir Putin defies Western demands to ease tensions with Ukraine.

It comes as new satellite images show Russia's expanding military line-up near Ukraine, with Su-30 fighters lined up on a runway in Crimea which were not there last month.

Russia has an estimated 150,000 troops within striking distance of the Ukrainian border, with numbers rising by the hour, as Putin puts the country in a chokehold by surrounding it with soldiers and vehicles poised for invasion.

Putin annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, and since then more than 14,000 people have died in seven years of civil war between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists in the disputed Donbass region.

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Furious Putin threatens ‘arrogant’ West with ‘fast and tough’ response if it crosses his ‘red lines’ over Ukraine
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