Russian President Vladimir Putin estimated Thursday, November 21 that the conflict in Ukraine has taken on a “global character”, not ruling out striking the countries which have supplied Kiev with weapons used recently against the territory of Russia, which is “ ready for all” scenarios according to him. He also confirmed that his forces struck Ukraine on Thursday with a new type of medium-range hypersonic missile, following a strike on the city of Dnipro that did not carry a nuclear warhead.
“From the moment (these missiles were fired at Russia), and as we had repeatedly emphasized (beforehand), the conflict provoked by the West in Ukraine took on the elements of a (conflict ) of a global nature »
The West under threat
In an address to the nation lasting less than ten minutes, Vladimir Putin denounced two recent strikes carried out by Ukraine on Russian soil using American ATACMS and British Storm Shadow missiles. “From the moment (these missiles were fired at Russia), and as we had repeatedly emphasized (beforehand), the conflict provoked by the West in Ukraine took on the elements of a (conflict ) of a global nature,” said the Russian president, his tone firm.
Moscow must “reconsider” the “escalatory” involvement of North Korean soldiers, according to Paris
The deployment of North Korean soldiers alongside Russia “changes the situation”, French Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu said on Thursday, calling on Moscow not to think that the West “will let this pass” and to “reconsider its position”. “. “Vladimir Putin can change things by reconsidering his position on North Korea. But it’s escalatory and obviously, we will have to fight against this escalation by all means,” judged Sébastien Lecornu on the CNews channel.
However, he claimed that the two Ukrainian attacks against military installations in the Russian regions of Bryansk and Kursk had “failed”. “We consider ourselves within our rights to use our weapons against the military installations of countries which authorize the use of their weapons against our installations,” warned Vladimir Putin. “And in the event of an escalation of aggressive actions, we will respond just as strongly,” he added.
“We consider ourselves within our rights to use our weapons against the military installations of countries that authorize the use of their weapons against our installations”
Vladimir Putin announced that in response to Western missile strikes in Russia, his forces fired on Ukraine on Thursday with a new type of hypersonic ballistic missile called “Orechnik”, which was in its “nuclear-free configuration”. This shot targeted “a site of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex,” he said.
Ukraine reported earlier in the day a strike with an unknown missile on the town of Dnipro, in the center-east of the country, which is home to the Pivdenmach group, which notably produces components for missiles.
An “invincible” missile
According to Vladimir Putin, this new hypersonic missile is invincible. “There is no way today to counter such weapons. The missiles attack targets at a speed of Mach 10, or 2.5 to 3 kilometers per second. The air defense systems currently available in the world and the missile defense systems created by the Americans in Europe do not intercept these missiles. This is excluded,” he insisted.
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