Statement by the President of the Russian Federation
November 21, 2024 20:10
Moscow, Kremlin
V. Putin: I would like to inform the personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the citizens of our country, our friends around the world, as well as those who continue to harbor illusions about the possibility of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia, about the events that are taking place today in the zone of the special military operation, namely after the use of long-range weapons of Western manufacture on our territory.
Continuing the course of escalating the conflict in Ukraine provoked by the West, the United States and its NATO allies have previously announced that they are giving permission for the use of their long-range precision weapons systems on the territory of the Russian Federation. Experts are well aware, and the Russian side has repeatedly emphasized, that it is impossible to use such weapons without the direct participation of military specialists from the countries that produce such weapons.
On November 19, six US-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles and on November 21, during a combined missile attack by the UK-made Storm Shadow and US-made HIMARS systems, military facilities were struck on the territory of the Russian Federation – in the Bryansk and Kursk regions. From that moment on, as we have repeatedly emphasized earlier, the regional conflict in Ukraine provoked by the West acquired elements of a global nature. Our air defense systems repelled these attacks. As a result, the goals that the enemy obviously set for itself were not achieved.
The fire that broke out at an ammunition depot in the Bryansk region from falling ATACMS missile fragments has been extinguished, there are no casualties or serious damage. In the Kursk region, an attack was carried out on one of the command posts of our "North" group. As a result of the attack and anti-aircraft combat, there are, unfortunately, casualties, deaths and wounded among the personnel of the external security units of the facility and service personnel. The command and operational personnel of the control point were not injured and are conducting, in a routine mode, the management of the actions of our troops to destroy and expel enemy units from the Kursk region.
Once again I would like to emphasize that the use of such weapons by the enemy is not capable of influencing the course of combat operations in the special military operation zone. Our troops are successfully advancing along the entire line of combat contact. All the tasks that we set for ourselves will be accomplished.
In response to the use of American and British long-range weapons on November 21 of this year, the Russian Armed Forces launched a combined strike on one of the facilities of the Ukrainian defense industry. In combat conditions, one of the newest Russian medium-range missile systems was tested, in this case with a ballistic missile in non-nuclear hypersonic equipment. Our missilemen called it "Oreshnik". The tests were successful, the launch goal was achieved. On the territory of Ukraine in the city of Dnepropetrovsk, one of the largest and well-known industrial complexes from the times of the Soviet Union was hit, which today produces missile technology and other weapons.
We are developing intermediate- and shorter-range missiles as a response to US plans to produce and deploy intermediate- and shorter-range missiles in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. We believe that the US made a mistake by unilaterally destroying the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 2019 under a far-fetched pretext. Today, the US not only produces such equipment, but, as we see, in the course of training its troops, it has worked out issues of transferring its advanced missile systems to different regions of the world, including Europe. Moreover, during exercises, it conducts training on their use.
Let me remind you that Russia voluntarily and unilaterally took upon itself the obligation not to deploy medium- and shorter-range missiles until American weapons of this kind appear in any region of the world.
Let me repeat: we are conducting combat tests of the Oreshnik missile system in response to the aggressive actions of NATO countries against Russia. The issue of further deployment of medium- and shorter-range missiles will be decided by us depending on the actions of the United States and its satellites.
The targets for destruction during further tests of our newest missile systems will be determined by us based on the threats to the security of the Russian Federation. We consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against military facilities of those countries that allow their weapons to be used against our facilities, and in the event of an escalation of aggressive actions, we will respond just as decisively and in kind. I recommend that the ruling elites of those countries that are hatching plans to use their military contingents against Russia seriously think about this.
Of course, when choosing, if necessary and as a response, targets for destruction by systems such as Oreshnik on the territory of Ukraine, we will offer in advance to civilians, and also ask citizens of friendly states located there, to leave the dangerous zones. We will do this for humanitarian reasons - openly, publicly, without fear of counteraction from the enemy, who will also receive this information.
Why without fear? Because there are currently no means of counteracting such weapons. The missiles attack targets at a speed of 10 Machs - that is 2.5-3 kilometers per second. The modern air defense systems in the world and the missile defense systems created by the Americans in Europe cannot intercept such missiles, this is impossible.
I would like to emphasize once again that it was not Russia, but the United States that destroyed the international security system and, continuing to fight and cling to its hegemony, is pushing the entire world toward a global conflict.
We have always preferred and are now ready to resolve all contentious issues by peaceful means. But we are also ready for any development of events.
Anyone who doubts any of this, is in vain - we will always answer.
Publication date: November 21, 2024, 20:10
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