“It is necessary to constantly do everything so that Russia is forced to look for the possibility of peace, the President of Ukraine noted”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
Zelensky said that today the Security Service of Ukraine and the Ministry of Internal Affairs showed news agencies the fragments of the Russian missile that hit our Dnipro.
“Examinations, work with partners to establish all the details and all the characteristics of this missile are ongoing now. And in order to find an answer to this Russian escalation step together,” he emphasized.
The President emphasized that “the world has air defense systems capable of protecting against such a thing.”
“Everyone should focus on this. Russia must feel that every step it takes to expand the war has consequences for it. The consequences are in our actions at the front, our soldiers, our units. And also – consequences in the actions of the world. In the way the world responds,” the head of state noted.
Zelensky emphasized that “Russian dictator Vladimir Putin cannot be given a single week to adapt and find a countermeasure.”
“It is necessary to constantly do everything so that Russia is forced to look for the possibility of peace. Real peace. And this can be achieved only by two things – help to Ukraine and pressure on Russia. Thank you to everyone in the world who does just that, who is with us, with Ukraine, with Ukrainians! Thank you to all our people who are fighting and working for Ukraine!” said the president.
On the evening of November 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the “successful test in combat conditions” of the newest medium-range Oreshnik missile. According to him, the forces of the Russian Federation struck the Dnieper with this ballistic missile with non-nuclear hypersonic equipment.
Putin said that this was “a response to the aggressive actions of NATO countries towards Russia” – the permission of Ukraine to strike with Western missiles on the territory of the Russian Federation and such strikes in the Bryansk and Kursk regions. He also did not rule out new such strikes.
The Russian leader also said that in the future, civilians will be informed about plans to use Oreshnik.
The Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that Russian troops attacked the Dnipro with various types of missiles, including launching an intercontinental ballistic missile. According to the local authorities, an industrial enterprise was damaged in Dnipro as a result of the strike, two fires also broke out in the city, and three people were injured.
This was preceded by the closure of a number of embassies due to security concerns. On November 20, the US Embassy in Ukraine announced that it had received “specific information” about a possible significant Russian air attack on November 20. As a precaution, the embassy was closed. Subsequently, the diplomatic missions of Spain, Italy and Greece also announced the closure for visitors on November 20.
Against this background, social networks spread information about the possibility of launching an attack on Ukraine with the RS-26 “Rubezh” ballistic missile. The launches were supposed to be from a training ground in the Astrakhan region. On November 20, no such launches were reported.