Russia warns of “more powerful” response to strikes on its territory
(VOVWORLD) - Russia will enact a "more powerful" response to strikes on its territory, said Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin on Friday, while accusing the West of complicating the situation and escalating the conflict.
 Russia's RS-26 intercontinental ballistic missile (Photo: Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation) |
Without military specialists and satellite data from Western countries, Ukraine cannot activate the long-range weapons to attack Bryansk and Kursk provinces on November 19 and 21, Volodin added.
In Thursday’s televised address to the Russian people, President Vladimir Putin confirmed that Moscow had used the new hypersonic Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile, in response to Ukraine’s attack.
On Friday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz once again voiced his opposition to sending Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine. “As Social Democrats, we have said we do not want to supply cruise missiles to Ukraine that can be fired far into Russian territory. And we have also said we will not provide clearance for the advanced weapons we have supplied to be used in such a way,” he said.