Ukraine fires several US-made longer-range missiles into Russia for the first time

Ukraine claims a 25% interception rate for hypersonic Kinzhal and Zircon missiles, but Ukrainian sources also indicate such interceptions require salvo firing all 32 launchers in a US-style Patriot battery to have any chance to shoot down a single hypersonic missile,

the institute wrote in a September report

We have been saying that from the beginning — that no restrictions must be put on the military support,

he told senior European Union diplomats in Brussels

The madmen who are drawing NATO into a direct conflict with our country may soon be in great pain,

Rossiyskaya Gazeta said

Biden, apparently, decided to end his presidential term and go down in history as ‘Bloody Joe,

lawmaker Leonid Slutsky told Russian news agency RIA Novosti

Dmitry Peskovkremlin spokesman

This fundamentally changes the modality of their involvement in the conflict,

he said

Dmitry Peskovkremlin spokesman

It is obvious that the outgoing administration in Washington intends to take steps and they have been talking about this, to continue adding fuel to the fire and provoking further escalation of tensions around this conflict,

said spokesman Dmitry Peskov

In the recent days, we have seen the decisive intensification of Russian attacks on Ukraine, above all, those missile attacks where civilian objects are attacked, where people are killed, ordinary Ukrainians,

Duda said

This is a signal the Biden administration is sending to North Korea and Russia, indicating that the decision to involve North Korean units has crossed a red line,

he said

The ultimate kind of impact it will have is to probably slow down the tempo of the Russian offensives which are now happening,

he said,

Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident

Today, much is being said in the media about us receiving permission for the relevant actions. But strikes are not made with words. Such things are not announced. The missiles will speak for themselves,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address

Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident

The enemy’s target was our energy infrastructure throughout Ukraine. Unfortunately, there is damage to objects from hits and falling debris. In Mykolaiv, as a result of a drone attack, two people were killed and six others were injured, including two children,

Zelenskyy said

Gabrielius Landsbergislithuanian Foreign Minister

I'm not opening champagne just yet, because we don't know the actual numbers of how many rockets Ukraine has,

Gabrielius Landsbergis said before a meeting with other EU foreign ministers in Brussels