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Russia’s test of a nuclear-powered missile, which it claims cannot be stopped by air defenses, shows Moscow’s determination to look after its security interests. kremlin The official said this on Monday after the United States and European countries increased pressure on the President. Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the invasion of ukraine,
US President Donald Trump said that Putin should focus on making a peace agreement and not on missile testing.
Little is known about Russia’s Burevestnik missile, which the NATO military alliance has code-named Skyfall. Putin appeared in an official video on Sunday, dressed in camouflage, to hear Russia’s chief of the General Staff report that the missile had covered a range of 14,000 kilometers (8,700 miles) in a test.
The news comes a week after Russia showed preparations for tough new US sanctions on Russia’s key oil and gas sector and new European commitments of military aid to Ukraine.
,Russia “Continuously working to ensure its security,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said when asked if the missile announcement was a response to sanctions and a signal to the West.
“Ensuring security is an important issue for Russia, especially against the backdrop of the militaristic sentiment that we are currently hearing, primarily from the Europeans,” Peskov told reporters.
Speaking to reporters on an official visit from Kuala Lumpur to Tokyo, Trump said Putin’s talk about the missiles was not “appropriate.”
Trump said, “You have to end the war. A war that should have taken a week is now in its fourth year.” “That’s what you should be doing instead of testing missiles.”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov criticized the Trump administration for changing its approach on Monday. After talks with Putin in Alaska in August, Trump said he wanted an agreement on long-term peace and did not insist on a prior ceasefire, but now he has changed his mind, Lavrov told Hungary’s Ultrahang YouTube channel.
“Now they are only talking about an immediate ceasefire… This is a radical change,” Lavrov said.
Trump’s decision to impose sanctions, with the punitive measures potentially set to go into effect by November 21, has escalated efforts to stop the fighting. As Russia and Ukraine assessed next steps, they also looked for allies.
Lavrov was hosting his North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui for talks moscowPyongyang has sent thousands of troops as well as artillery and missiles to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said late Sunday that France was providing additional Mirage fighter jets and air defense missiles, while the United Kingdom would supply more missiles and help produce interceptor drones.
Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday that its air defenses intercepted and destroyed 193 Ukrainian drones over Russian territories, including 34 drones that were flying toward Moscow. No damage or casualties were reported in the Russian capital.
Two Moscow airports, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky, were closed overnight due to the attack. Airports in other Russian regions also faced restrictions.
Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia fired 100 martyr and decoy drones overnight, of which 26 reached their targets. There were no immediate reports of death or damage.
Ukraine’s private energy company, DTEK, announced emergency cuts in Kiev, its surrounding area and the Dnipropetrovsk region.
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