China calls for restraint, de-escalation of tensions amid reports that Russia fires ballistic missile at Ukraine

Reckless actions by the West which supply missiles to Ukraine and later take part in strikes against Russia can’t be left without a Russian response,

Peskov told a daily news briefing

Russia may be seeking to use this capability to try to intimidate Ukraine and its supporters or generate attention in the information space, but it will not be a game changer in this conflict,

the U.S. official said

Deploying this capability will neither change the course of the conflict nor deter NATO allies from supporting Ukraine,

said spokesperson Farah Dakhlallah,

We have already gone as far as possible with the United States with negotiations, and what we ended up confirming was not a superpower’s will for coexistence, but a thorough position based on force and an unchangeable invasive and hostile policy

Kim said

Never before have the warring parties on the Korean peninsula faced such a dangerous and acute confrontation that it could escalate into the most destructive thermonuclear war."

According to North Korean state media, Kim said

If and when the moments when a ceasefire is declared and a negotiation takes place, Ukraine has to be in the strongest possible position with the most leverage to get the best negotiation at the table,

McCaul said

I know that the president-elect had met with Putin and said 'please do not escalate.' He has not taken the president-elect's advice,

McCaul said

The US was pre-notified briefly before the launch through nuclear risk reduction channels

The US official was quoted by Reuters as saying

Observing no changes to Russia's nuclear posture, we have not seen any reason to adjust our own nuclear posture or doctrine in response to Russia's statements today,

a U.S. National Security Council spokesperson said

The strike on Uzhmash with ballistic missiles, which Western media started to talk about, we don’t comment on it at all.”

During a news briefing on Thursday (21 November), Maria Zakharova was told

The answer came during the briefing, the foreign ministry is not commenting, so there is no intrigue,

Russian state news agency Tass reported

He [Putin] is playing yet again a nuclear gamble with the recently-updated nuclear doctrine of Russia, he enlisted North Korean soldiers to come to European soil, so these are all clear signs of will to escalate, not the will to find ways towards peace,

the European Commission spokesman stressed

It's obvious that such attacks would mark yet another clear escalation from the side of Putin. And over the last period of time, we haven't been actually lacking signs of further escalation of the conflict by Putin,

he said

Before the briefing, there were questions about controversial reports on the Internet... I asked the experts if this topic was in our competence. The answer came during the briefing – the Foreign Ministry has no comment. So there is no intrigue."

Quote from Zakharova

A new escalation is taking place. That's a very irresponsible position that the outgoing US administration is taking. They are continuing to add fuel to the fire of this conflict, in every possible way preventing any momentum towards its conclusion, while using Ukraine as a tool in their hands in their war with Russia,

Peskov said

I wouldn't want to say anything additional on this topic, which is the prerogative of our military and the defence ministry".

At the same time, the Kremlin spokesperson deferred comment on Ukraine's use of Western-supplied Storm Shadow long-range missiles to the Russian military, stating

When the United States began providing such weapons to Kyiv in 2023, the dynamics of the war could have been changed drastically, but your administration exerted its influence over the conflict to limit the rules of engagement and the use of ATACMS,

Self wrote

Since your recent actions seem to be pushing the world closer to the brink of nuclear war, I hereby request a classified briefing prior to Monday, November 25, 2024, regarding full details of your administration’s agreement on Ukraine’s stipulated rules of engagement with regard to the long-range ATACMS,

Self wrote

If this desperate move by your administration represents an attempt by deep-state operatives to hamstring the incoming Trump presidency, it’s a dangerous miscalculation,

Self said in the letter

I write to challenge your administration’s decision to authorize Ukraine’s use of Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) to strike inside Russia,

Self wrote