War in Ukraine: Vladimir Putin warned that the conflict became “global” and could attack other countries

The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, confirmed this Thursday that his country bombed a military facility in Ukraine with medium range ballistic missiles response to the Ukrainian attacks with Western weapons that it received in recent days. He also warned that he could attack other countries if they help Ukraine.

“After the long-range attacks from Ukraine, a regional conflict acquired elements of a global one“Putin stated in television statements and warned that Russia is “ready” to respond to any aggression.

At the beginning of the week, Ukraine launched US and British medium- and long-range missiles against Russian territory. It was in doubt whether Russia would respond and, if so, when. This Thursday, earlier, kyiv denounced that Russia fired an intercontinental missile against the city of Dniprobut Western officials questioned this. Putin confirmed it later.

“We consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against military installations of those countries that allow their weapons to be used against our facilities,” Putin justified in television statements and promised that Russia “will respond with equal determination” if they insist with an “escalation of aggressive actions.”

In this line of showing military strength, the russian president He stated that “our air defense systems repelled those attacks.” In contrast, Americans using Ukraine would not be able to intercept Russian missiles, Putin said. However, He anticipated that before new attacks on Ukraine they will notify in time so that civilians can evacuatejust as Israel does in the Middle East.

Russia escalated the conflict further and launched an intercontinental ballistic missile against Ukraine

It was about RS-26 Rubezh, an intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 5,800 km, which can carry a nuclear warhead, although Ukraine assured that The launched missile did not carry a nuclear charge.

According to official sources, the attack caused damage to industrial facilities in Dniproalthough no victims were reported at first.

This fact occurs in a context of growing international tension, with USA and several European countries closing their embassies in Kyiv due to the threat of a massive Russian attack.

Besides, Russia has rejected comments on the use of the intercontinental missile, while the spokesman for the Kremlin, Dmitri Peskov, accused the West of “fueling” the conflict by providing long-range missiles to Ukraine.

The use of intercontinental ballistic missiles marks an increase in the aggressiveness of Russiawhich also reported having knocked down British Storm Shadow missiles launched by Ukraine. For his part, the Russian president Vladimir Putin continues to make nuclear threats amid the use of long-range missiles provided by the West to Ukraine.