“Despite Western claims that Russia will not dare to act, it will,” says Russian MP

This Thursday, November 21, Ukraine accused Russia of having fired an intercontinental missile on its territory for the first time since the start of the conflict. A senior American official later denied this, assuring that it was rather an “experimental medium-range ballistic missile”.

Putin then spoke in the evening, explaining that Russia does not rule out striking countries whose weapons are used by Ukraine against Russian territory: “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. And in the event of an escalation of aggressive actions, we will respond equally strongly, he declared in a surprise speech to the nation. We have always been ready, and we still are, to resolve all problems by peaceful means, but we are also ready to deal with any developments. If anyone still doubts it, it's useless. There will always be an answer.”