MOSCOW: Russia struck Ukraine with its new missile responding to Kyiv’s firing of six US-made ATACMS with approval from the Biden administration on Tuesday, with British Storm Shadow cruise missiles and US -made HIMARS on Thursday (21st Nov 2024).
Putin warned that the West would be directly fighting with Moscow if it allowed Ukraine to strike Russian territory with Western-made long-range missiles forcing them to take appropriate decisions.
Putin’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said he hoped that the West had received and understood Moscow’s message:“Yesterday’s statement (from Putin) was very comprehensive, clear, and logical. We have no doubt that the current administration in Washington had the opportunity to familiarise itself with this statement and understand it.
“As for openness to dialogue, even in yesterday’s statement the president stressed his readiness for any contacts – both with a view to de-escalation, to avoiding further escalation, and to reaching a peaceful trajectory.”
A day after Putin proclaimed the new nuclear doctrine following Ukraine’s launching of US-made Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), Kjiv fired 12 British-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles into the Kursk region on Wednesday (20th Nov, 2024).
After Biden Administration allowed Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia using US-provided long-range missiles, Putin here on Tuesday (19th Nov, 2024) formally signed new nuclear doctrine The basics of state policy in the field of nuclear deterrence.
The new doctrine, that is a warning to the United States, means that Russia will use nuclear weapons if any country (backed by a nuclear power) attacks it even if utilising conventional weapons.
It is pertinent to mention here that on the 1000th day of war Russia shot down those 6 US-supplied ATACMS missiles that were fired by Ukraine on 19th Nov morning at a military facility.
It may be recalled that the 2020 doctrine stated that Russia might use nuclear weapons in case of a nuclear attack by an enemy or a conventional attack that threatened the existence of the state.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, while talking about the 996th day of war said (by means of Telegram), that Russia had killed ten of innocent citizens by launching 120 missiles and 90 drones on sleeping cities to destroy the power infrastructure in Donetsk, Lviv, Odesa and other regions.
Zelensky messaged on Telegram: “The enemy’s target was our energy infrastructure throughout Ukraine. Unfortunately, there is damage to objects from hits and falling debris.” Savants at the helm of affairs held that was the largest coordinated assault since the 1st half of September. It seems Russia will continue targeting the Ukrainian power generating facilities making Ukraine during cold winter.
It is pertinent to mention here that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had been requesting US for months to allow his military hit targets deep inside Russia. Why Now? Savants at the helm of affairs are positive that the current deployment of North Korean arms and troops inside Russia was the reason Biden lifted the ban on the use of US-supplied long-distance missiles.
President-elect Donald Trump has reiterated on Thursday (14th Nov, 2024) that his administration would work hard to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
He was speaking to the ladies and gentlemen at a gala for the America First Policy Institute at the Mar-a-Lago Club here: “We’re going to work on the Middle East, and we’re going to work very hard on Russia and Ukraine. It’s gotta stop. Russia and Ukraine’s gotta stop...
“I saw a report today. Thousands of people over the last three days were killed. Thousands and thousands were killed. They happened to be soldiers, but whether they’re soldiers or they’re people sitting in towns, we’re going to work it.”
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