Russia’s Putin hints at attacks on West in ‘global’ war in Ukraine

A spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Mr Stephane Dujarric, said the deployment of the new missile was “another worrisome and worrying development”, warning that the war was “going in the wrong direction”.

However, a US official downplayed the threat, saying on condition of anonymity that Russia “probably has only a handful of these” experimental missiles.

Britain “directly involved”

The head of Dnipropetrovsk region, where the city of Dnipro is located, said the Russian aerial bombardment damaged a rehabilitation center and several homes, as well as an industrial enterprise.

“Two people were injured – a 57-year-old man was treated at the scene and a 42-year-old woman was hospitalized,” said official Sergiy Lysak.

Russia and Ukraine have stepped up their use of long-range missiles in recent days since Washington gave Kiev permission to use its ATACMS against military targets inside Russia – a long standing Ukrainian demand.

Meanwhile, British media reported on November 20 that Kiev had launched UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles at targets in Russia after being given the green light from London.

With a range of 300 and 250 kilometers respectively, the range of both missile systems is much shorter than the experimental intermediate-range system launched by Russia.

Russia’s envoy to London said on November 21 that this meant Britain was “now directly involved” in the war in Ukraine, with Mr Andrei Kelin telling Sky News that “this fire cannot happen” without UK and NATO support.

But Mrs. Jean-Pierre of the White House replied that it was Russia which was behind the rising tensions, pointing to the reported deployment of thousands of North Korean troops to help Moscow fight the Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region on the Russian border.

“The escalation at every step is coming from Russia,” Ms. Jean-Pierre said, adding that the United States had warned Moscow not to involve “another country in another part of the world,” referring to Pyongyang.