THE INDEPENDENT | Published November 23, 2024
Moscow has vowed to continue testing experimental hypersonic missiles as Vladimir Putin threatened to strike the West in a coded message.
Putin warned that Russia would continue to carry out tests of the “Oreshnik” intermediate-range ballistic missiles in “combat conditions” following a devastating strike on the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro.
“We will continue these tests, including in combat conditions, depending on the situation,” the Russian leader said.
He added that Thursday’s attack was a direct response to Ukrainian forces striking Russia with US and British long-range missiles – something Moscow sees as an escalation of the conflict.
“We consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against the military facilities of those countries that allow their weapons to be used against our facilities,” he said on Friday.
He claimed the new missile could be fitted with several conventional warheads and could be as devastating as strategic nuclear weapons.
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SOURCE: www.independent.co.uk
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