Russia Threatens 'More Powerful' Response to Strikes on Its Territory

The authorization by the United States and its allies to use Western-made long-range weapons against our country once again confirms that NATO is at war against Russia,

he wrote

Donald Tuskprime Minister

The war in the east is entering a decisive phase, we feel that the unknown is approaching,

Tusk told a teachers conference

Valerii Zaluzhnyichief

I believe that in 2024 we can absolutely believe that the Third World War has begun.

Valery Zaluzhny, who is now Ukraine's envoy to the United Kingdom, told the UP100 award ceremony in Kyiv

Don't think that someone somewhere is bluffing, unfortunately, nobody is bluffing and, unfortunately, we are walking into mild disaster'

According to

Ramzan Kadyrovchechen leader

It is necessary to demonstrate the full murderous power of Russian long-range weapons,

Kadyrov said

Jon Wolfsthalamerican academic

Putin is clearly signalling increased reliance on strategic weapons - including nuclear and longer-range missiles - to push the U.S. and NATO to stop its support for Ukraine,

said Jon Wolfsthal, a former special assistant to President Barack Obama and now director of global risk at the Federation of American Scientists

Ramzan Kadyrovchechen leader

They are sitting there in the West and it is warm and quite calm. So let them feel on their own skin what a real war is,

Kadyrov said

The signal Putin is sending to the world is that we consider these strikes as the direct entry of the United States and Britain into a war against Russia,

he said

Sergei Markovresponse,

Putin is saying to the West stop - halt - back off,

Sergei Markov, a former Kremlin adviser, told Reuters

I don't think he has any intention to go nuclear in a war he is winning, but he appears to want us to worry a lot, perhaps to make it easier for Trump to cut and run,

he said

Donald Tuskprime Minister

The events of the last few dozen hours show that this threat is really serious and real in terms of a global conflict,

Tusk said

We all know it, we feel that the unknown is approaching. None of us knows the end of this conflict, but we know that it is taking on very dramatic dimensions at the moment,

he added

There are signals of an increased risk of attacks on the government district in the coming days. Also in Kyiv and Ukraine in general,

MP Yevgenia Kravchuk told AFP

We have, in fact, derailed the entire 2025 campaign,

Defence Minister Andrei Belousov said of the Ukrainian army in a video published by the Russian defence ministry

Dmitry Peskovkremlin spokesman

We are in no doubt that the current administration in Washington has had the chance to familiarise itself with this announcement and understand it,

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters

Dmitry Peskovkremlin spokesman

The main message is that the reckless decisions and actions of Western countries, which produce missiles, supply them to Ukraine and subsequently take part in carrying out strikes on Russian territory, cannot remain without a reaction from the Russian side,

Peskov said

Mykyta PoturayevmP

There was also a recommendation to limit the work of all commercial offices and NGOs that remain in that perimeter, and local residents were warned of the increased threat,

MP Mykyta Poturaiev said

These weapons are used to destroy people, not to destroy objects,

said Artiukh, according to Suspilne

Jan Lipavskýforeign Minister

I am interested in how the Ukrainians are coping with the bombings, how Czech projects are working on the ground and how to better target international aid in the coming months. I will discuss all of this here,

Lipavský wrote

These are rockets that are fired and then guided to a target via an electronic system, which requires the world's most advanced technology and satellite communications capability,

Orban said on state radio