Kiev. Since the attack on Moscow by American and British weapons, Russian President Putin’s patience has broken. Now on his instructions the Russian army is wreaking havoc in Kiev. On Wednesday, more than 90 missiles and 100 drones were fired on Ukraine. This shook Ukraine. Not only this, Putin has now issued a threat to attack Ukraine with a hypersonic missile.
The threat came hours after Moscow attacked Ukraine’s energy grid. Due to this attack, one million people are forced to live without electricity.
Kiev said Russia fired more than 90 missiles and about 100 drones during the attack, which the Kremlin chief called a “response” to Ukrainian attacks on its territory with Western missiles.
The nearly three-year-old war has seen a sharp escalation in recent days, with both sides deploying new weapons in an effort to gain the upper hand before US President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. Are.
Will Putin fire multiple missiles simultaneously?
“We do not rule out the possibility of using the Oreshnik against military, military-industrial or decision-making centers, including Kiev,” Putin said at a news conference in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, referring to the hypersonic missile.
Russia last week tested its new Oration ballistic missile over Ukraine and Putin claimed on Thursday that firing multiple warheads at once would have the force equivalent to a nuclear attack or a “meteoroid” strike.
He had earlier said that the overnight bombings were “a response to the continuous attacks by (American) ATACMS missiles on our territory.”
“As I have said repeatedly, there will always be a response from our side.”
Putin also claimed that Russia knows how many long-range weapons have been delivered to Kiev and where they are located.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Putin’s threat to attack Kiev was “proof of weakness” and said the West would not be bothered by his words.
The latest attacks come as Ukrainians brace for a brutal winter, with much of their energy infrastructure already damaged by nearly three years of war and Russian troops advancing into eastern Ukraine.
According to the information received, tension has increased significantly in the last few weeks, as both sides are trying to gain an edge on the battlefield before Trump’s swearing-in in January.
Putin signaled he has expectations from Trump’s second term, calling the Republican an “intelligent person” on Thursday who is capable of finding “solutions,” though he did not specify what he was talking about.
The Russian leader spoke hours after an overnight bombardment that knocked out power to more than half a million customers in Ukraine’s western Lviv region.
Zelensky said Russia also fired “cluster munitions” during the attack, calling it a “very disgusting extension of Russian terrorist tactics.”
Journalists in the capital Kiev heard explosions throughout the night as air defense systems targeted Russian drones and missiles, with locals crowding into the underground metro system for cover.
The Energy Ministry said it was Russia’s 11th major attack on Ukraine’s civilian energy infrastructure this year.
A senior UN official warned this month that Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure could make this winter “the harshest since the beginning of the war”.
Putin announces new missile
Ever since Moscow stunned the West and Kiev by testing its new Oreshnik ballistic missile over the Dnieper city last week, Russian officials have been touting the weapon’s power.
In Astana, Putin said the Orashnik could “turn anything into dust” and strike at a temperature equivalent to “the surface of the Sun.”
He said that Russia was forced to test (the weapon) in a combat situation after Kiev’s first attack on Russian territory using ATACMS.
Putin said Thursday that Orashnik could move at a speed of “about three kilometers per second” and that the temperature of its elements could be about “the same as the surface of the Sun.”
Russia also sentenced Dmitry Talantov, a lawyer, to seven years in prison after he compared Moscow’s actions in Ukraine to “Nazi practices” at the start of the invasion. this punishment
It came a day after the retrial of a critic of the attack.