11/21/2024

Russia Fires New Ballistic Missile at Ukraine

Meanwhile, Putin threatens the West

On Thursday, Russian forces launched a new medium-range ballistic missile at Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced, calling the strike on the eastern city of Dnipro a warning to Washington and Kyiv’s other Western backers amid an escalating battle of airstrikes and missile launches between the warring nations.

In a televised speech late Thursday, Putin said Russia hit a Ukrainian military factory in Dnipro using a new medium-range “non-nuclear hypersonic ballistic” missile he referred to as “Oreshnik.” He said this “test” of the system was conducted in response to the Biden administration’s recent decision authorizing Ukraine to fire U.S.-made ATACMS missiles at military targets inside Russia.

"The matter of our deployment of small- and medium-range missiles will depend on the actions of the U.S. and their satellites," Putin said, appearing to reference Ukraine’s other partners. "We consider ourselves in the right to use our weapons against the military facilities of those countries, who allow the use of their weapons against our facilities."

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