President Vladimir Putin said that Wednesday nights massive air attack versus Ukraine was Moscows response to Kyivs continued usage of Western-supplied rockets to strike targets inside Russia.
We performed a comprehensive strike, Putin said throughout a visit to Kazakhstan on Thursday.
It was a response to ongoing attacks on our area using [U.S.-supplied] ATACMS rockets.
The Kremlin leader said Russia introduced more than 90 rockets and 100 drones in the over night attack, claiming that 117 targets were hit.
Those strikes left over one million Ukrainians without powerin freezing temperatures.Putin alerted that Moscow was keeping an eye on Ukraines stockpile of long-range weapons and where they are.
He claimed that Russias military was required to test its new Oreshnik ballistic rocket on Ukraine last week and suggested more such tests could follow if attacks on Russian territory persisted.He explained the Oreshnik rocket as efficient in turning targets into dust and boasted that multiple launches of the weapon might be equivalent to a nuclear strike.
Putin also claimed the rocket took a trip at around three kilometers per 2nd and reached temperature levels like the surface of the Sun upon impact.At the very same time, the Kremlin leader declared that Kyiv had attempted to strike structures of state value in Saint Petersburg and Moscow considering that the start of the war.
If there are more strikes on Russian area utilizing Western long-range rockets, Putin warned, we will respond, including with possible continued testing of Oreshniks in battle conditions.
Putin arrived in Astana, Kazakhstan Wednesday evening to participate in thesummit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.