PUTIN CONFIRMS NUKE-CAPABLE BALLISTIC MISSILE STRIKE ON UKRAINE, stating it was test of state-of-the-art Oreshnik (Hazel) med

️PUTIN CONFIRMS NUKE-CAPABLE BALLISTIC MISSILE STRIKE ON UKRAINE, stating it was test of state-of-the-art Oreshnik (“Hazel”) medium-range ballistic missiles, armed with non-nuclear warheads on huge Dnepropetrovsk weapons factory in #Ukraine. Russian leader states test launch is response to U.S. and UK long-range missiles targeting pre-war Russia, adding that #Washington’s warmongering expansion direct reason for Moscow’s retaliatory measure: We are developing medium- and shorter-range missiles as a response to U.S. plans to produce and deploy medium- and shorter-range missiles in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. The United States made a mistake by unilaterally destroying the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 2019 under a far-fetched pretext. Let me remind you that Russia voluntarily, unilaterally committed itself not to deploy medium- and shorter-range missiles until American weapons of this kind appear in any region of the world. Let me repeat that we are conducting com... Source: Intel Republic