❗️Key takeaways from Russian President Vladimir Putin's address to the nation about the recent developments in the special military operation zone:

▪️The Russian military sites in the Bryansk and Kursk Regions were struck with Western long-range missiles; the fired missiles did not hit their targets

▪️The Ukrainian conflict becomes global after attacks with Western-made missiles on the Russian territory

▪️The enemy's use of long-range weapons against Russia will not affect the special military operation course

▪️The Russian armed forces are successfully advancing in all areas of the special military operation

▪️The Russian Armed Forces have carried out a combined strike on Ukraine's defense industry facility in response to the strikes on the country with American and British weapons

▪️Russia tested a new missile in Ukraine, it received the name ‘Oreshnik’

▪️The country fired a hypersonic ballistic missile with a non-nuclear warhead at the Yuzhmash plant in Ukraine's Dnepropetrovsk

▪️The use of the Oreshnik missile is a response to US plans to produce and deploy intermediate-range missiles

▪️There are currently no countermeasures for the Oreshnik missile

▪️Russia will warn Ukrainian civilians in advance and offer them to leave the danger zone if new ballistic missiles are used

▪️Russia's newest missiles attack targets at a speed of two to three kilometers per second, existing missile defense systems cannot intercept them

▪️The US makes a mistake by violating the INF Treaty

▪️Russia will respond to the escalation decisively and symmetrically

▪️Russia prefers peaceful means, but is ready for any development of events, ‘the response will always follow’

▪️Russia considers itself entitled to use weapons against the military facilities of the countries that use their weapons against it

▪️Russia's decision to deploy medium- and intermediate-range missiles will depend on the enemy's moves

▶️ Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev uploaded video footage of the strike on the Yuzhmash plant with the newest Oreshnik missile

Video: Dmitry Medvedev’s official X page

❗️TASS News Roundup, November 21:

▪️The Russian Armed Forces hit the Yuzhmah plant in southern Ukarine with the newest Oreshnik intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile in response to the attack on the Russian territory with Western-made missiles, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced in a televised address

▪️There are currently no countermeasures for the Oreshnik missile, they are impossible to intercept, Putin said, adding that Russia considers itself entitled to use weapons against military facilities of the countries that use their weapons against Russia

▪️The deployment of NATO troops to Ukraine will signal entering war against Russia and lead to catastrophic consequences for the entire world, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said

▪️The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip

▪️The United States has expanded its sanction list for Russia. The US Treasury introduced sanctions against Gazprombank, BCS Bank, and certain other Russian credit institutions

▪️A Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle carrying the Progress MS-29 cargo spacecraft has blasted off from the Baikonur spaceport

▪️Vladimir Putin has held a telephone conversation with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani. The sides discussed the Middle East issues in light of the unprecedented escalation of regional tensions

▪️Ukraine lost over 150 troops in the Kursk Region. Since the beginning of hostilities in the Kursk Region, Kiev has lost over 34,540 servicemen, 215 tanks, and 147 infantry fighting vehicles

▪️In the past 24 hours, Russian air defenses downed two British-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles, six HIMARS rockets and 67 Ukrainian drones

▶️ Crews of Su-35S multirole fighter jets provide air cover for the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Kursk Region's border areas.

Video: Russian Ministry of Defense/TASS