Afrasianet - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted that President Vladimir Putin's message to the West announcing the strike on Ukraine with an Orishnik missile means that any reckless Western decisions will not remain unanswered.
"The main message is that the reckless decisions and actions of Western countries that produce missiles, supply them to Ukraine and then participate in strikes on Russian territory cannot remain without a response from the Russian side," Peskov said.
Peskov stressed that Russia would prefer that Washington listen to Putin's remarks made before the use of the Orishnik missile.
"We would of course prefer Washington to listen to the Russian president's remarks months ago in which he comprehensively outlined our position on allowing Kiev to use Western long-range missiles to strike deep inside Russia. President Putin has sent a clear message, and frankly we would prefer that these messages be taken into account."
President Vladimir Putin last night delivered a speech in which he confirmed that Ukraine hit targets in the border provinces of Kursk and Bryansk in southwestern Russia with American "Atacms" missiles, and "Storm Shadow" Britain, and repelled Russian defenses.
In response, Putin announced a precision and all-out strike by the Russian military with the Orishnik multi-warhead hypersonic ballistic missile.
Putin warned the West that all air defense systems in the world are incapable of intercepting this supersonic missile by ten times, and that Moscow will strike military sites in countries that use its weapons against Russia.
He stressed that the Russian military operation in Ukraine will continue until its full objectives are achieved, and that any Western weapons or support will not change the course of the battle and stop the continuous progress of the Russian army on all axes.
Last night, the Russian military struck the Uzhmash underground military factory in the eastern Ukrainian province of Dnipro-Petrovsk, completely destroying it, in successful tests of the Orishnik missile, which is also equipped to carry nuclear warheads.
CNN analyst after the launch of the Russian "Orishnik": "Is deterrence just dead?"
Author Brad Lyndon asserts that the strike of the Russian Orishnik missile inevitably exacerbates fears across Europe, where many ask, "Has deterrence just died?"
In an analysis he provided to CNN, Lyndon noted that videos of Thursday's Russian strike showed multiple warheads falling at different angles on the target.
"In this case, every warhead would have to be defeated by an anti-missile missile, which is a frightening prospect for even the best air defense systems."
"Russia's use of a ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads is the latest escalation in Ukraine's war and represents a decisive and potentially dangerous moment in Moscow's conflict with the West," Lyndon said.
"The use of what Russian President Vladimir Putin said was a ballistic missile with multiple warheads in offensive combat is a clear departure from decades of Cold War deterrence doctrine, and experts say that ballistic missiles with multiple warheads, known as "independently targeted multiple reentry vehicles" or MIRV, have never been used to strike an enemy.
"Ballistic missiles served as the mainstay of deterrence, providing what is known as 'Assured Mutual Destruction' or MAD in the nuclear age, and the idea is that if even some missiles survived a first nuclear strike, there would be enough firepower left in the adversary's arsenal to eliminate many of the aggressor's major cities, and that would deter the aggressor from pressing the button in the first place," Lyndon said.
"While the warheads dropped on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro were not nuclear, their use in conventional combat operations is sure to create new uncertainty in a world already brinkman," he said.
Yesterday, President Putin revealed that Russian forces had successfully tested the latest intermediate-range hypersonic missile system, the Orishnik.
"In response to the use of American and British weapons, on November 21, the Russian armed forces launched a strike on one of the centers of the military-industrial complex in Ukraine, and a test of the latest Russian medium-range missile systems was carried out in combat conditions," he said.
"It was a ballistic missile with non-nuclear hypersonic equipment, and our rocket scientists called it Orishnik," he said, noting that the test was successful and the launch target was achieved.
The Russian president stressed that the tests of the "Orishnik" missiles in combat conditions came in response to the aggressive actions committed by NATO countries against Russia.
"The Guardian": Russia's use of the "Orishnik" missile is a direct threat from Putin to Washington and London
The Guardian newspaper considered Russia's hit of Ukraine's largest military factory with the Orishnik hypersonic multi-warhead missile, a direct threat from President Vladimir Putin to Washington and London.
The British newspaper pointed out that this strike came in response to Kiev's hitting Russia with American and British missiles
Pentagon: We do not seek a broad conflict with Russia
It quoted American and British sources as saying that "the missile is capable of reaching Europe, not the United States" and that its range is 5,500 km.
President Vladimir Putin last night delivered a speech in which he confirmed that Ukraine hit targets in the border provinces of Kursk and Bryansk in southwestern Russia with American "Atacms" missiles, and "Storm Shadow" Britain, and repelled Russian defenses.
In response, Putin announced a precision and all-out strike by the Russian military with the Orishnik multi-warhead hypersonic ballistic missile.
Putin warned the West that all the world's air defense systems are unable to intercept this missile, which is traveling ten times supersonic and that Moscow will strike military sites in countries that use its weapons against Russia.
He pointed out that the Russian side will warn of Russian strikes before they are launched, and that the warning will include civilians and citizens of friendly countries in Ukraine, for humanitarian reasons.
He stressed that Russia will not worry about warning these countries of its possible strike, given its inability to respond to the "Orichenk" missiles, and that Moscow will respond appropriately to any escalation, and has something to respond with.
"It was the United States that destroyed the international security system, not Russia, and is pushing the whole world towards a full-blown conflict," he said.
"We believe that the United States made a mistake by unilaterally withdrawing from the INF Treaty in 2019 under the flimsy pretext," he said.
He stressed that the Russian military operation in Ukraine will continue until its full objectives are achieved, and that any Western weapons or support will not change the course of the battle and stop the continuous progress of the Russian army on all axes.
Last night, the Russian military struck the Yuzhmash underground military plant in Ukraine's eastern Dnipro-Petrovsk region and completely destroyed it.