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Putin vowed to launch more intermediate-range ballistic missiles targeting Ukraine
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Vladimir Putin<\/a> has hailed Russia<\/a>\u2019s \u201cunstoppable\u201d hypersonic missiles<\/a> as he threatened to strike the West in a coded message.
The Russian leader claimed there was no way of stopping the intermediate-range \u201cOreshnik\u201d ballistic missile used to strike Ukraine on Thursday.<\/a>
He said last week\u2019s attack on Dnipro was a direct response to Ukrainian forces striking Russia with\u00a0US\u00a0and British\u00a0long-range missiles<\/a>.
\u201cThere is no countermeasure to such a missile, no means of intercepting it, in the world today. And I will emphasise once again that we will continue testing this newest system,\u201d Putin warned.
He also said: \u201cWe consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against the military facilities of those countries that allow their weapons to be used against our facilities.\u201d
He claimed the new missile could be fitted with several conventional warheads and could be as devastating as strategic nuclear weapons.
Ukrainian air defence forces said the missile \u2013 which has a range of more than 3,400 miles and can be used to carry nuclear warheads \u2013 was fired from\u00a0Russia\u2019s Astrakhan region, on the Caspian Sea.
Despite the Kremlin\u2019s rhetoric, Russian officials notified the United States about Thursday\u2019s attack 30 minutes before launching the missile.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky suspects his Russian counterpart\u2019s main objectives are to occupy the entire Donbas region and oust Ukraine\u2019s troops from Kursk.
Currently, the majority of the Donbas is occupied by Russia.
\u201cFor Putin, the most important thing is to push us out of the Kursk region,\u201d the Ukrainian president said.
\u201cI am sure that he wants to push us out by January 20,\u201d Mr Zelensky said, referring to the date US president-elect Donald Trump would be sworn in.
\u201cIt is very important for him [Putin] to demonstrate that he is in control of the situation,\u201d he said.
Russian deputy foreign minister Andrei Rudenko said the US was using Taiwan to provoke a crisis in Asia.
China regards the island as a part of its territory.
Mr Rudenko said Washington was strengthening military and political contacts with Taipei \u201cunder the slogan\u201d of maintaining the status quo, adding that this was in violation of the \u201cone China\u201d principle.
\u201cThe goal of such obvious US interference in the region\u2019s affairs is to provoke the People\u2019s Republic of China and generate a crisis in Asia to suit its own selfish interests,\u201d he told Russia\u2019s TASS news agency.
The risk of the Ukraine conflict spilling into other parts of the world, including Africa, \u201cis real\u201d, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky warned in a post on X.
He claimed that Russian forces, like Wagner mercenaries, are already destabilising parts of Africa and \u201cexploiting resources and fueling tensions\u201d.
During my conversation with journalists from African and Latin American countries, I emphasized that Ukraine is committed to strengthening its presence in Africa. From broader diplomatic efforts to deeper economic and security partnerships, our goal is a future of shared success\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/mdFoPKfALp<\/a>
\u201cAfrica, with its vast resources and strategic importance, remains a key target for Russian exploitation,\u201d the president said on the sidelines of an international summit on food security. \u201cIf Russia escapes this war without fair and just consequences, it will embolden them to repeat their actions elsewhere.\u201d
\u201cWhether through natural resources, financial gain, or political influence, the continent\u2019s size and numerous nations make it a critical focus of Russia\u2019s destabilizing agenda,\u201d Mr Zelensky said.
A senior North Korean general has been wounded in a Ukrainian strike in Russia\u2019s Kursk region, Western officials have told the\u00a0Wall Street Journal<\/em>.
Washington has previously warned that the 10,000 North Korean troops reportedly deployed in Kursk, where Kyiv\u2019s forces staged an incursion in August, could be targeted by Russian forces. But the fresh claims mark the first time Western officials have said that a North Korean military officer has become a casualty.
The officials did not disclose the identity of the senior North Korean officer or how he was wounded, the outlet reports.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is awaiting US president-elect Donald Trump\u2019s proposals to end the war in Ukraine.
\u201cAs for when the war will end \u2026 when Russia wants this war to end. When America has a stronger position. When the Global South is on the side of Ukraine and on the side of ending the war,\u201d Mr Zelensky said at a food security conference on Saturday.
\u201cIt will not be an easy path, but I am confident that we have every chance to do it next year,\u201d he said.
Nearly a third of Russian ballistic missile attacks against Ukraine this year were of North Korean origin, according to new estimates by Ukraine, warning that Russian forces are increasingly using these weapons.
The missiles from North Korea used by Russia are reportedly powered by western-made components, despite international sanctions against both Moscow and Pyongyang.
Ukraine alleges that several Western companies, including manufacturers from the US, the Netherlands, and the UK produced these key missile components.
In addition to contributing missiles to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, North Korea has also sent more than 10,000 of its soldiers to fight on the frontline.
\u201cAll the electronics are foreign. There is nothing Korean in it,\u201d Andriy Kulchytskyi from Kyiv\u2019s Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise told CNN.
French foreign minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot said the country\u2019s western allies should \u201cnot set and express red lines\u201d about their support for Ukraine amid its escalating conflict with Russia.
Earlier this year, French president Emmanuel Macron expressed willingness to allow the country\u2019s missiles to be fired by Ukraine into Russia.
\u201cThe principle has been set… our messages to President Zelensky have been well received,\u201d Mr Barror told BBC.
\u201cWe do not discard any option,\u201d he said when asked if French troops could enter combat at some point.
\u201cEach time the Russian army progresses by one square kilometre, the threat gets one square kilometre closer to Europe,\u201d the foreign minister said.
Russia has signed a new law on debt forgiveness for new recruits signing up to fight in the war in Ukraine.
The law reportedly forgives up to 10 million roubles ($95,835) of debt arrears for people signing up with the country\u2019s defence ministry to fight in Ukraine for at least a year, Reuters reported citing a Russian government website.
This latest move comes as Russia continuously attempts to recruit more soldiers into its military to fight in Ukraine by offering large payouts, sometimes many times the country\u2019s average salary.
Russia has damaged 321 port facilities and 20 foreign merchant vessels since July 2023, according to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.
Ships travelling along the Black Sea route have been at risk of being attacked by Russian forces.
Mines drifting along this trade route have also posed a heightened risk to maritime transport.
Mr Zelensky said Ukraine\u2019s food exports, of which many rely on this route, \u201cprovide food for 400 million people in 100 countries around the world.\u201d
\u201cFood prices in Egypt, Libya, Nigeria, and other countries in Africa directly depend on whether farmers and agricultural companies in Ukraine can operate normally,\u201d the Ukrainian president said at a conference on food security in Kyiv on Saturday.
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