MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin stated 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 have been used towards Russia.
Putin stated 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 worldwide battle.
So Russia had performed fight assessments of the “Oreshnik” (the hazel) hypersonic missile system in response to the aggressive actions of NATO international locations towards Russia, Putin stated.
“In response to the usage of American and British long-range weapons, on November 21 of this 12 months, the Russian armed forces launched a mixed strike on one of many amenities of the military-industrial advanced of Ukraine,” Putin stated.
“In fight situations, one of many latest Russian medium-range missile techniques was examined, amongst different issues. On this case, with a ballistic missile in a nuclear-free hypersonic tools.”