The Kremlin strongman spoke out after a day of frayed nerves, with Russia test-firing a new generation intermediate-range missile at Ukraine.
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Nov 21 that the conflict in Ukraine had characteristics of a “global” war and did not rule out strikes on Western countries.
In a defiant address to the nation, Russia’s president railed at Ukraine’s allies granting permission for Kyiv to use Western-supplied weapons to strike targets on Russian territory, warning of retaliation.In recent days, Ukraine has fired US and UK-supplied missiles at Russian territory for the first time, escalating already sky-high tensions in the brutal nearly three-year-long conflict.
He earlier said Russia was doing everything to avoid an atomic conflict, having updated its nuclear doctrine this week. “Two people were wounded - a 57-year-old man was treated on the scene and a 42-year-old woman was hospitalised,” said the official, Mr Sergiy Lysak.With ranges of 300 and 250 kilometres respectively, both missile systems’ reach is far dwarfed by the experimental intermediate-range system fired by Russia.
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