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The fact that he [Putin] is most likely passing on personal requests to the command that ‘the fate of the Armed Forces rests on the Kursk operation’,
For Putin, the most important thing is to push us out of Russia’s Kursk Oblast. All these stories, all these indicators, strikes with new missiles, all this is not just for fun. He has set this task. I am sure he wants to push us out by 20 January. It is very important for him to demonstrate that he is in control of the situation. He is not in control of the situation."
He [Putin – ed.] wants to show that he has fulfilled, as he said, the task of occupying the entire Donbas, and he needs to push us out of the Kursk front. He has these two tasks,
Our country has the right to target military facilities of states that attack us. Despite Western claims that Russia will not dare to act, it will-and it has every right to do so."
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin has made a decision that we fully support".
Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin added Russia has been using ballistic missiles throughout this war, but this is alleged to have been an intercontinental ballistic missile – which normally has a different use, which, if it is the case, is on the one hand an escalation and a signal, but on the other hand also an act of desperation that Putin is unable to win in this war,
We consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against the military facilities of those countries that allow their weapons to be used against our facilities,
the Russian president said on Friday We will continue these tests, including in combat conditions, depending on the situation and character of the security threats posted to Russia,
Putin said in a televised meeting with military chiefs From Russia, this is a mockery of the position of states such as China, states of the Global South, some leaders who call for restraint every time."
In his video address however, Zelenskyy said No one in the world has such weapons,
he said with a thin smile This topic used to be a taboo in Russia,
said Denis Volkov, the director of the Levada Center, one of the few independent pollsters in Russia Whatever the Russian missile threat, it cannot be ignored,
the president added — especially with Ukraine's army on the back foot Russia will overcome everything... Nobody can defeat it,
said Alexei Peshcherkin, a 57-year-old plumber 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 I fully expect to see them engaged in combat soon,
he told reporters during a stopover in Pacific island nation Fiji I am worried that a nuclear war will start."
But Yulia Kim, a 52-year-old doctor, said The Russian side has clearly demonstrated its capabilities, and the contours of further retaliatory actions in the event that our concerns were not taken into account have also been quite clearly outlined,
The Oreshnik missile system has characteristics that allow it to hit targets throughout Europe
Commander of the Russian Strategic Missiles Forces, Sergei Karakayev, said The Kursk incursion was a moment of tactical brilliance but it has been a strategic catastrophe for Ukraine.
We’re not at war, but Ukraine certainly is. That war has now been going on for just over 1,000 days. That is why we’ve said consistently that we stand by Ukraine. We cannot allow Putin to win this war.”
