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My understanding is that it is the first time that Russia has used a ballistic missile in Ukraine with a range of several thousand kilometres.
Sir Keir Starmer's official spokesman said It is an important move and it pulls against, undermines the narrative that Putin had been trying to establish that it was fine for Russia to rain down Iranian drones and North Korean missiles on Ukraine but a reckless escalation for Ukraine to use Western-supplied weapons at legitimate targets in Russia.
Peter Ricketts, a former U.K. national security adviser who now sits in the House of Lords, said In response to the use of American and British long-range weapons, on November 21 of this year, the Russian armed forces launched a combined strike on one of the facilities of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine.
The base) has been added to the list of priority targets for potential destruction which, if necessary, can be executed with a wide range of advanced weapons,
Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova concluded We consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against the military facilities of those countries that allow their weapons to be used against our facilities.
In a rare move of making a statement himself, Putin said in an alarming TV address around 8pm Moscow time Today, our crazy neighbour once again showed what he really is,
Ukrainian President Zelensky said In the event of further escalation of aggressive actions, we will respond equally decisively and in kind
Our engineers named it Oreshnik.
He said of the new weapon We have not seen any reason to adjust our own nuclear posture or doctrine in response to Russia's statements,
They (Russia) are the ones escalating. We are going to continue to support Ukraine as they push back on that aggression,
They are now seeing high casualties, and so now what they're doing is turning to DPRK to supply them soldiers,
He doesn't want his legacy to be stained by the war in Europe,
Had self-imposed restrictions been lifted sooner, Ukraine would have made greater advances against the Russians,
Mark Temnycky, a nonresident fellow with the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center, explained to BI, arguing Based on how Russia is responding, the war may be more 'on fire' by Inauguration Day,
Every decision's been too late,
Mick Ryan, a retired Australian Army major general and strategist, told BI The Ukrainians really need to stem this loss of territory, to slow down — if not stop — the Russian advances in the east,
Ukraine is only authorized to shoot deeper into Russia to constrain the Russian-North Korean effort to push Ukraine out of the Russian territory,
The escalation at every turn and every step is coming from Russia. They're the ones who escalated this,
This makes a significant change and one that we warned the Russians about before they did it,
He disregards calls from China, Brazil, European countries, the US and other countries,
