'Our country has the right to target military facilities of states that attack us,' the Russian official said.
A senior Russian lawmaker has declared that President Vladimir Putin is justified in targeting NATO nations aiding Ukraine, as tensions escalate over military support to Kyiv.Andrey Kartapolov, head of the Russian State Duma's defense committee, said the supply of Western weapons enabling strikes on Russian territory gives Moscow 'every right to strike military facilities in NATO countries' that assist Ukraine, according to Russian news agency TASS.
President Putin described the Oreshnik missile, tested for the first time in combat, as traveling at Mach 10 and capable of evading advanced Western defense systems. In a televised statement, he warned that any further provocations would prompt decisive action.'We have every right to target nations allowing these weapons to be used against us,' Putin said.
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