Putin Claims Ukraine War Has Become Global Dimension, Warns Of Decisive Response To Escalation

Putin declared Ukraine war has global implications, vowed decisive response and criticised the US for undermining international security.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the Ukraine war has acquired the characteristics of a global conflict following missile attacks by the West on Russia's Kursk and Bryansk regions.

"Since this moment, as we have underscored repeatedly, the conflict in Ukraine, provoked by the West, has obtained elements of global nature," he said, IANS reported.

Russian President Putin promised that Russia would respond decisively in case of escalation in Ukraine, IANS reported citing Xinhua news agency.

He emphasised that Russia has the right to target the military facilities of countries that use weapons against Russia. 

While targeting the US, Putin said, "I would like to stress once again that it is not Russia that is destroying the international security system, but the US." 

Meanwhile, Putin confirmed that Russia has successfully tested the new medium-range ballistic missile, Oreshnik and also criticised the West for escalating the war by letting Ukraine strike Russian territory with long-range missiles.

“In response to the use of American and British long-range weapons, on November 21 of this year, the Russian armed forces launched a combined strike on one of the facilities of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine," the Russian President said, IANS reported.