Author: Ali Walker, Hans von der Burchard

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius shrugged off Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat of retaliation should Western allies allow Ukraine to use their long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia. “What the U.K. and U.S. agree with each other is not for me to judge. It’s up to those who supplied these weapons to decide. International law allows that,” Pistorius said Friday afternoon. “And Putin’s threats are Putin’s threats, that’s all that needs to be said. He threatens whenever he likes and whenever he sees fit,” he added. The Russian leader delivered an explicit message Thursday night to Ukraine’s Western partners,…