Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned on Thursday that Russia had launched an assault with medium-range hypersonic ballistic missiles in opposition to a Ukrainian army facility and warned the West that Moscow might assault the army services of any nation whose weapons had been used in opposition to Russia.
Putin mentioned the West was escalating the battle in Ukraine by permitting kyiv to assault Russia with long-range missiles and that the battle was turning into a worldwide battle.
Thus, Russia had carried out fight assessments of the “Oreshnik” hypersonic missile system (the hazel colour) 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 12 months the Russian armed forces launched a mixed assault on one of many services of the Ukrainian military-industrial advanced,” Putin mentioned.
“In fight circumstances, amongst different issues, one of many latest Russian medium-range missile programs was examined. On this case, with a ballistic missile in a nuclear-free hypersonic gear.”