INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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.