“Ukraine has every right under international law to strike any legitimate military targets on the territory of Russia”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
He recalled that Ukraine had repeatedly used long-range capabilities against targets in the temporarily occupied territories, but Putin began to fuss only when targets on Russian territory were hit.
“Therefore, he is perfectly aware of the difference between the actual Russian territory and the territories he is trying to steal from Ukraine,” the ministry states.
After the strikes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by Western long-range missiles on the territory of the Russian Federation, Putin declared on November 21 that Moscow has the right to use weapons against the military facilities of those countries that use their weapons against Russian facilities. He claims that the test of the Oreshnik missile system (according to him, it was with this missile that the Russian forces struck the Dnipro) is being conducted as a “response to the aggressive actions of NATO countries towards Russia.”
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This week, according to media reports, Western allies gave permission for Ukraine to use long-range missiles to strike deep into Russia after months of requests from Kyiv.
The Ministry of Defense of Russia reported that on the night of November 19, the Armed Forces struck a military facility in the Bryansk region with six long-range ATACMS missiles.
Bloomberg reported on November 20, citing a Western official familiar with the matter, that the Armed Forces of Ukraine used British Storm Shadow cruise missiles against military facilities in Russia for the first time.
According to the media, the Western allies granted such permits for the use of their long-range missiles in response to Russia’s deployment of North Korean troops in the war against Ukraine.