Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia fired a new, non-nuclear intermediate-range ballistic missile at Ukraine, part of a wide-ranging TV address that sharply criticized the U.S. for escalating the war. Putin said Russia had refrained from firing intermediate-range missiles but decided to carry out the test on Thursday after the U.S. allowed...

Elements of a potential settlement reportedly agreeable to President Putin emerged on Reuters todayThe post What Putin really wants from Ukraine appeared first on The Spectator World.

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the U.S. and Ukraines other partners that the weapon could be deployed against their interests as well.

"We believe that we have the right to use our weapons against military facilities of the countries that allow to use their weapons against our facilities," Putin said.

President Vladimir Putin says Russia tested a hypersonic intermediate-range missile in a strike on Ukraine.

The Russian strike on Ukraine on Thursday came in response to Ukrainian strikes on the Russian territory with U.S. and British missiles earlier this week, Putin said.

Putin warns Russia could use its new missiles against countries allowing Ukraine to fire their missiles at Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia has tested a new intermediate range missile in a strike on Ukraine

Wars, after all, are not ultimately won even by such expensively-capable systems as Storm Shadows or ATACMSThe post Putin believes will, not missiles, win wars appeared first on The Spectator World.

The primary question surrounding the U.S. governments authorization for the Ukrainian military to fire ATACMS missiles into Russian territoryis how will it escalate the war. Will Russia respond with nuclear weapons? That question is undoubtedly on the minds of NATO leaders, not...

Russian president will end conflict with Ukraine to deepen his control of Donald Trump.

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Netanyahu joins Russia's Vladimir Putin as a sitting head of state with an ICC arrest warrant hanging over his head.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a North Korean zoo more than 70 animals including an African lion, two brown bears and two yaks, Russia's environment ministry reported, amid growing military ties.

The attack comes two days after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a revised nuclear doctrine.