Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday promised more combat test-firing of an experimental hypersonic missile launched at Ukraine, as Volodymyr
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday promised more combat test-firing of an experimental hypersonic missile launched at Ukraine, as Volodymyr Zelensky appealed for updated air-defence systems to meet the new threat.
Earlier Friday, China’s foreign ministry had repeated its call for “calm” and “restraint” in the war after Russia confirmed it had fired the ballistic missile. In a hawkish address to the nation on Thursday, Putin said Russia reserved the right to fire missiles at countries that allow Kyiv to hit Russian territory with their weapons, after the United States and the UK gave Kyiv the green light to do so.Experts believe it flies at 10 times the speed of sound and may be able to strike targets up to 5,500 kilometres away — enough to make good on Putin’s threats of targeting Kyiv’s European allies but not enough to reach the United States.
A source in the Ukrainian military said Russian forces were advancing by “200-300 metres a day” near the besieged Ukrainian logistics hub of Kurakhove, in the eastern Donetsk region that the Kremlin claims is part of Russia. Several MPs said they were working remotely and that Friday’s session had been scrapped. Lawmaker Yevgenia Kravchuk told AFP there were signs of “increased risks of attacks” to come.Analysts say Moscow and Kyiv are racing to gain battlefield advantages ahead of January 2025, when Donald Trump is due to take office in the United States. Trump has vowed to end the war, without saying how.
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