Putin says ‘decision-making centers’ in Kyiv may become targets for Russian attacks

Published November 28,2024

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday mentioned that “decision-making centers” in Ukraine‘s capital Kyiv could turn out to be targets for future Russian assaults, as he addressed a summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).

“The Russian Defense Ministry and General Staff are currently selecting targets for destruction on Ukrainian territory. These could be military facilities, defense industry enterprises, or decision-making centers in Kyiv,” Putin mentioned at a gathering of the CSTO’s Collective Security Council within the Kazakh capital Astana.

Earlier, Ukraine mentioned a “massive” Russian airstrike involving virtually 100 drones and over 90 missiles of assorted varieties focused the nation’s vitality infrastructure, leading to energy cuts and outages in a number of areas of the war-torn nation.

Expressing that Russia carried out a complete strike on Ukraine final night time utilizing 90 missiles and 100 drones, Putin claimed that the assault managed to hit 17 targets, together with army and protection trade amenities.

Putin mentioned Moscow’s airstrikes over the previous two days have been launched in response to Kyiv’s use of ATACMS missile strikes on Russian territory, arguing that its response could embody additional testing its new Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile in “combat conditions.”

The Oreshnik missile was first utilized by Russia final Thursday in an in a single day assault on the town of Dnipro.

The Russian president mentioned the serial manufacturing of the Oreshnik has begun, arguing that it presently has no analogues anyplace else on this planet.

“According to military and technical experts, in the case of a massive, group use of these missiles … its power will be comparable to the use of a nuclear weapon,” Putin additional mentioned.

He additionally mentioned new missile methods could seem in Russia within the “near future,” and that Moscow presently has a number of methods much like the Oreshnik in inventory.

Putin went on to accuse Ukraine of repeatedly making an attempt to strike objects of nationwide significance in Russia, significantly within the capital Moscow and St. Petersburg.