Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a televised address in Moscow, Russia November 21, 2024, in this still image taken from video. Kremlin.ru/Handout via REUTERS
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Ukraine war was escalating towards a global conflict after the United States and Britain allowed Ukraine to hit Russia with their weapons, and warned the West that Moscow could strike back.
Russia, Putin said, had responded to the use of U.S. and British missiles by firing a new kind of hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile at a Ukrainian military facility. More could follow, Putin warned. He said civilians would be warned ahead of further strikes with such weapons.
