Russia and Ukraine exchanged drone and missile strikes this Monday, November 25, amid escalating tensions due to Vladimir Putin’s threats against the West and the use of a latest generation Russian ballistic weapon. in Ukrainian territory.
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There Russia claimed this Monday to have shot down eight missiles coming fromUkraineas well as American-made aerial bombs. “ Air defense downed eight ballistic missiles, six US-made JDAM guided aerial bombs as well as 45 drones », indicated the Russian Ministry of Defense, which provided no details on the type of missiles or the targets.
But Russia struck Ukraine last week with a latest generation intermediate-range ballistic missile – up to 5,500 km – without a nuclear charge, the Orechnik, and promised to increase this type of attacks if kyiv continued to use Western missiles against Russian territory.
The Russian President, Vladimir Putinwho ordered the invasion of Ukraine almost three years ago, also threatened to strike countries supplying such weapons to Ukrainians, believing that the conflict had taken on a “global character” by their fault.
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Various Russian officials, including the president, also discussed the possible use of nuclear weapons, after kyiv struck military targets on Russian territory with American ATACMS and British Storm Shadows, missiles with a range of a few hundred of kilometers. Russian doctrine in this area has also been amended to facilitate the use of atomic bombs.
Ukrainian cities hit
For its part, Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskywhich calls on Westerners for a strong response against Russia (to the point of welcoming the sending by the United States of antipersonnel mines banned the Ottawa Treaty of which Ukraine is a signatory), said on Monday morning that it had struck several military targets on Russian territory, without specifying what weapons had been used. A civilian was killed in the Russian region of Belgorod, according to authorities, in a Ukrainian drone attack.
Ukrainian explosive drones also struck a fuel depot in the Russian region of Kaluga during the night, according to a source within military intelligence who claims “ destruction » important. The Russian governor of this region located south of Moscow limited himself to saying that air defense had shot down eight drones in the suburbs of the city of Kaluga and that the “ falling debris » of these devices had caused a fire, brought under control in a few hours, on the site of a “ industrial company “.
Furthermore, new Russian attacks against Ukrainian urban areas left dozens injured on Monday, notably in the city centers of Kharkiv, in the northeast of the country, and Odessa, a southern city bathed by the Black Sea.
In Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, shelled by the Russian army since the start of its invasion almost three years ago, 23 people were injured, including 14 hospitalized during a morning attack, which damaged ” more than 40 buildings », according to the latest report announced by the regional governor. In Odessa, a Black Sea port city, at least eleven people were injured in a missile strike, according to the regional administration.
Both camps are determined to show their strengths and position themselves at a time of deep uncertainty over continued US support for Ukraine, with Donald Trump returning to the White House in January.
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