Putin’s direct threat to Zelensky as he warns he will hit Kyiv’s ‘decision-making centres’ in retaliation for long-range missile strikes into Russia as latest blitz targets Ukraine’s energy network [Video]

05:50 EST 28 Nov 2024, updated 08:01 EST 28 Nov 2024

Moscow could soon begin to strike ‘decision-making centres’ in Kyiv if Ukraine continues to hit targets in Russia with US and UK missiles, Vladimir Putin has declared.

The Kremlin chief’s stark warning follows hours after Russian forces pounded Ukraine with dozens of missiles and drones overnight in an attempt to degrade the energy network as a bitter winter approaches.

Putin also announced that Russia’s production of advanced missile systems exceeds that of the NATO military alliance by 10 times, adding that Moscow plans to ramp up production yet further.

Russian attacks have not yet struck government buildings in the Ukrainian capital which is heavily protected by air defences.

But Putin claims Russia’s new ‘Oreshnik’ hypersonic missile, which it fired for the first time at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro last week in response to the first ATACMS and Storm Shadow strikes in Russia, is incapable of being intercepted.

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