In a national television address, the Russian leader said Moscow was conducting “combat tests” of the new missile system after Ukrainian strikes earlier this week using US and British missiles.
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00:00Russia's President Vladimir Putin has blamed the aggressive actions of NATO countries for
00:07Moscow testing a new intermediate-range missile in a strike on Ukraine.
00:12Putin said Russia was conducting combat tests of the new Oreshnik missile system after Ukrainian
00:18strikes earlier this week using U.S. and British weaponry.
00:21In his nightly video address, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed Russia's use of
00:48the Oreshnik, saying Putin was using Ukraine as a training ground.
01:14Earlier this week, U.S. President Joe Biden gave Ukraine authorization to use U.S.-supplied
01:19longer-range missiles to strike military targets deeper inside Russia.
01:24According to the Kremlin, Ukraine fired several ATAKMs into Russia on Tuesday.
01:29And a day after that, Ukraine used up to 12 British French-made Storm Shadow missiles
01:34for strikes into Russia's Kursk region.
01:37U.S. officials have said the change in the Biden administration policy was a response
01:41to Russia using thousands of troops from North Korea to support Moscow's forces in
01:46the conflict.