Putin’s comments, possible goals, statements about the launch of Oreshnik: Ukraine: Former USSR: Lenta.ru

To the President of Russia Vladimir Putin journalists asked a question about attacks on decision-making centers (DMCs) at Ukraineincluding Oreshnik missiles. He replied joke about the weather forecast.

“In Soviet times there was such a joke about the weather forecast: the forecast is this: today during the day everything is possible,” the Russian leader said.

Centers in Ukraine could become targets for Oreshnik missile strikes

Putin reportedWhat Russian Ministry of Defense together with General Staff is looking for suitable targets in Ukraine to attack with the Oreshnik missile. Possible targets could be decision-making centers in Kyiv. “These could be military facilities, defense industry enterprises or decision-making centers in Kyiv,” he said.

Putin noted that the option of attacking decision-making centers is not excluded, since Kyiv itself has repeatedly tried to attack objects of national importance in Russia.

Also head of state statedthat Russia will always respond to the blows delivered by the enemy. So, over the past two days, Russia launched 100 missiles into Ukraine – this was a response to attacks deep into Russia. “It is these weapons systems that we have used over the past two days in response to continued missile attacks ATACMS across the territory of Russia. In total, 100 systems, 100 missiles of different classes, (…), and 466 drone strikes were used,” Putin explained.

The Federation Council spoke about the readiness of the Russian Federation to use Oreshnik

“Our president’s detailed and confident statement regarding the Russian Federation’s combat readiness to respond to any aggressive attacks and escalation of the conflict in Ukraine suggests that the doctrine of nuclear deterrence, recently adopted by presidential decree, contains the word “deterrence.” We only want the West to Washington, London, Brussels — stopped stuffing Ukraine with modern weapons and provoking this Kyiv clique to continue aggressive actions against our territory, against our people,” said Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin.

According to him, everyone regarded Putin’s statement as another warning that there will be no easy victories. Karasin believes that “political demagoguery will not lead the West anywhere and, in fact, will contribute to the fact that the conflict will deepen.” But Russia wants peace, but it has all the necessary tools to curb any aggressor and enemy.

Earlier, Putin spoke about the Oreshnik attack on Ukraine

“[ВС РФ] carried out a combined strike on one of the objects of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine. One of the newest Russian medium-range missile systems with a ballistic missile in non-nuclear hypersonic equipment was tested in combat conditions,” stated Russian leader. This happened on November 21st.

Putin noted that the Russian military called the new system with a nuclear-free hypersonic ballistic missile “Oreshnik”, and the experimental missile hit the Ukrainian “Southern Machine-Building Plant” (“Yuzhmash”) in Dnepropetrovsk.

According to the president, this strike is a response to the use of American and British long-range weapons. November 19th and 21st were committed two attacks on Russian military targets in the Bryansk and Kursk regions. ATACMS, Storm Shadow and HIMARS production USA And UK. Air defense systems repelled attacks, but the goals set by the enemy were not achieved.