Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, reported this Thursday that Moscow may hit decision-making centers in kyiv with Oreshnikthe new hypersonic missile, if Ukrainian attacks with long-range Western weapons continue.
“We do not rule out the use of the Oreshnik against military and military industry installations or against decision-making centers in kyiv, among others,” said the head of the Kremlin at a press conference in Astana (Kazakhstan) after attending a summit of the military alliance Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
In it he explained thatkyiv authorities continue attempts to attack Russian “critical facilities”including those in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. “They attacked Russia twice after responding with Oreshnik and they were used two more times in the Kursk region,” said the Russian leader. “The damage is minimal, but we still cannot stop paying attention to it.”
Consequently, Putin has indicated that they will “respond to acts of aggression against Russia. How, when and with what weapons will depend on the Russian Ministry of Defense,” he added. For each objective, “a different instrument” must be used.
On the other hand, regarding the situation on the front line of eastern Ukraine, the Russian president has highlighted that his Army “advances with confidence along almost the entire battle line”, and has assured that “little by little” they will take “new positions thanks to the courage of the combatants”.
Regarding the willingness to negotiate peace, Putin stated that the appearance of the Oreshnik missile “has not changed anything.” The Russian leader has stressed that Moscow has never demanded preconditions to sit down for dialogue, but rather its conditions for a peace that puts an end to the conflict, which he himself initiated in February 2022. “I have simply spoken about our conditions for a peace to long-term and sustainable.
By ‘conditions’ we can understand the request of the withdrawal of ukrainian troops of the territories that became part of Russia; the ‘denazification’ and demilitarization of the country and the abolition of all Western sanctions.
Hours earlier, during the CSTO summit, the Russian leader assured that Despite warnings about the danger of an escalation of the Ukrainian conflict, attacks against Russian territory continue with Western weapons.
Thus, after the first use of the Oreshnik against a military factory in Ukraine on November 21, kyiv attacked Russian military installations with ATACMS missiles on two occasions, he said.
