“The Ministry of Defense and the General Staff are selecting targets to attack on Ukrainian territory”Putin said during a regional security meeting held Thursday in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. “They could be military installations, defense industry companies or decision-making centers in kyiv”, he detailed.
Russia could attack kyiv with new ballistic missiles
Russia said it will hit back over the Recent Ukrainian attacks using ATACMS long-range missiles supplied by United States and Storm Shadow manufactured in the United Kingdom. Last week, the United States allowed attacking Russian territory with weapons supplied by Washington for the first time since the start of the invasion of Moscow in February 2022.
In response, Russia launched an experimental Oreshnik ballistic missileintermediate range, and Putin later said his forces could fire it again in combat. The decisions by London and Washington to allow the attacks, which kyiv had long requested, came in response to the Kremlin’s deployment of North Korean troops to fight Ukraineaccording to officials from both governments.
Russian attack on the electrical system
This Thursday morning, Russian forces attacked energy infrastructure across Ukraine for the 11th time this year, according to the country’s power grid operator. This caused emergency power outages across the country, including in kyiv. It was Moscow’s second large-scale attack this month that used both drones and missiles.
The Russian president said Oreshnik could replicate the force of a nuclear bomb if used in massive quantities.
The Russian Foreign Minister assured that he sees a diplomatic solution with Ukraine as very distant
Sergey LavrovForeign Minister of Russia, assured that the possibility of reaching a diplomatic agreement with Ukraine is very distant, especially because the tension continues to escalate and the attacks do not stop. Furthermore, American influence and support over the country that Zelensky commands makes the truce even more difficult.
Last week, US-made missiles were launched towards the outskirts of Moscow. During an interview, the Russian Foreign Minister stated: “Judging by what is happening on the battlefield, we are still far from a political and diplomatic solution to the crisis. Washington and its allies remain obsessed with achieving a strategic defeat of Russia.” .
Lavrov described the latest missile attacks on Russian territory as an “escalation movement”adding that “Moscow’s warnings about a proportionate response to such actions had been ignored.”
Source: Ambito
