Russia’s war of aggression: Putin threatens further missile strikes – including against Kyiv

Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened new missions of his new medium-range missile against targets in Ukraine, including Kiev. Moscow is currently in the process of selecting targets for further strikes. “These can be military facilities, defense companies or decision-making centers in Kiev,” Putin said at a meeting of the Moscow-dominated military alliance Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana.

Putin described last week’s strike on the Ukrainian industrial city of Dnipro with the new ballistic missile called Oreshnik as a necessary measure. “We were forced to conduct the test in wartime conditions in response to the strikes against the Bryansk and Kursk regions with Western weapons, with ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles,” he said. He once again praised the Russian weapons system as unique in the world. When used together, the destructive power is comparable to that of an atomic bomb.

Putin, who himself ordered the war of aggression against Ukraine in February 2022, also described the recent massive attacks with drones and missiles of other types as a reaction to Western arms deliveries. According to the Kremlin chief, Russia has fired 100 missiles and 466 combat drones into Ukraine in the last two days alone.