MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned on Thursday that Russia had launched a hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile attack on a Ukrainian military facility, and warned the West that Moscow might strike the navy installations of any nation whose weapons had been used in opposition to Russia.
Putin mentioned the West was escalating the conflict in Ukraine by allowing Kyiv to strike Russia with long-range missiles, and that the battle was turning into a world battle.
So Russia had carried out fight checks of the “Oreshnik” (the hazel) hypersonic missile system in response to the aggressive actions of NATO international locations in opposition to Russia, Putin mentioned.
“In response to using American and British long-range weapons, on November 21 of this yr, the Russian armed forces launched a mixed strike on one of many amenities of the military-industrial complicated of Ukraine,” Putin mentioned.
“In fight circumstances, one of many latest Russian medium-range missile programs was examined, amongst different issues. On this case, with a ballistic missile in a nuclear-free hypersonic tools.”
