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Putin Accuses West as Ukraine's Western Missiles Hit Bryansk and Kursk

Nov 21, 2024, 05:50 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the conflict in Ukraine has taken on a global dimension following Ukraine's use of Western-supplied long-range missiles, specifically ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles, to strike Russian territories. Putin stated that these missiles, provided by the United States and the United Kingdom, were used in attacks against Russian military facilities in the Bryansk and Kursk regions. He accused the West of provoking the conflict and asserted that despite these actions, the enemy did not achieve its objectives and that such strikes will not influence the situation in Ukraine.