Russia is considering a new missile to target “decision-making centers” in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.
Throughout the nearly three years of war between Russia and Ukraine, Ukrainian government ministries have not been hit. Reuters pointed out.
Ukraine continues to intercept Russian attacks, but Russia insists that Ukraine's new Oleshnik hypersonic missile is not capable of intercepting them. Russia deployed it for the first time last week.
Reuters noted that Western officials were skeptical that they could not be intercepted.
President Putin said Ukraine's military plans to respond to the ongoing offensive with “Western-made long-range missiles” and to continue testing Oreshnik.
“Currently, the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff are selecting targets for attack on Ukrainian territory. Kiev could be home to military installations, defense and industrial enterprises, or decision-making centers,” Putin said. .
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned the attack, saying Putin “does not want this war to end.”
“President Putin now wants to escalate the situation so that President Trump cannot end this war,” Zelenskiy said. on social platform.
President Putin claimed that Russia's large-scale attack was in retaliation for the United States' use of long-range missiles in Ukraine. President Biden recently authorized the use of U.S.-supplied long-range missiles, which Ukraine had requested for months.
Putin said in his speech that he believed Oleshnik was “not a weapon of mass destruction,” but was also “very accurate,” the Kyiv Post reported.
The increase in activity comes in the wake of Russia sending North Korean troops into the field. As the war drags on, approaching three years, Ukraine continues to seek aid.
