❗️ ❗️ Putin: Address to the nation — in progress (Update, now complete with transcript))

This is happening now but the RT live stream does not want to work for me. No doubt we will have Putin’s full address from another source quite rapidly.

https://www.rt.com/on-air/607958-putin-president-russia-statement/

Here are the notes as taken down from other streams:

Putin stated that Western missiles were used to strike military facilities in Russia’s Bryansk and Kursk regions.

The conflict in Ukraine has taken on a global nature after Western missiles struck Russia, the Russian president stated.

Putin stated that the objectives set by the enemy in striking Russia with Western long-range missiles were not achieved.

Putin stated that the enemy’s use of long-range weapons against Russia cannot influence the course of the special operation.

The strike on Yuzhmash was carried out by a ballistic missile with a non-nuclear hypersonic warhead, Putin said

The Russian Armed Forces carried out a combined strike on a Ukrainian defense industry facility in response to attacks on Russia using American and British weapons, Putin announced.

Putin described the use of the “Oreshnik” system as a response to U.S. plans to produce and deploy intermediate- and short-range missiles.

Russia will respond decisively and symmetrically to escalation, Putin stated.

There are currently no means to counter Russia’s “Oreshnik” [Medium Range Ballistic Missile] missiles, the Russian president stated.

Russia will decide on the further deployment of intermediate- and short-range missiles based on the actions of the enemy, Putin stated.

Russia prefers peaceful means but is also ready for any development of events, “the response will always come,” Vladimir Putin stated.

The latest Russian missiles strike targets at a speed of 2-3 km per second, and the enemy’s existing missile defense systems cannot intercept them, the president stated.

Russia will offer Ukrainian civilians the opportunity to leave dangerous areas in advance when missiles are used, Putin stated.

Putin stated that Russian troops are successfully advancing in all directions in the special operation zone, despite the enemy’s use of Western long-range missiles.

Russia considers itself entitled to use weapons against military targets of countries that use their weapons against Russia, Vladimir Putin stated.

❗️Putin tells the ruling Western elite to back off or face mirror consequences!

Putin declares that Russia’s new “Oreshnik” missiles cannot be intercepted by Western systems.

💪🇷🇺The missiles travel at Mach 10 which is 3km per second!

⚡️”America is pushing the world into global conflict” declared Putin.

Nobody should be in any doubt. There will always be a response.

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This is how Putin’s address ended!

FORMAL TRANSCRIPT

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: I would like to inform the military personnel of the Russian Federation Armed Forces, citizens of our country, our friends across the globe, and those who persist in the illusion that a strategic defeat can be inflicted upon Russia, about the events taking place today in the zone of the special military operation, specifically following the attacks by Western long-range weapons against our territory.

The escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, instigated by the West, continues with the United States and its NATO allies previously announcing that they authorise the use of their long-range high-precision weapons for strikes inside the Russian Federation. Experts are well aware, and the Russian side has repeatedly highlighted it, that the use of such weapons is not possible without the direct involvement of military experts from the manufacturing nations.

On November 19, six ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles produced by the United States, and on November 21, during a combined missile assault involving British Storm Shadow systems and HIMARS systems produced by the US, attacked military facilities inside the Russian Federation in the Bryansk and Kursk regions. From that point onward, as we have repeatedly emphasised in prior communications, the regional conflict in Ukraine provoked by the West has assumed elements of a global nature. Our air defence systems successfully counteracted these incursions, preventing the enemy from achieving their apparent objectives.

The fire at the ammunition depot in the Bryansk Region, caused by the debris of ATACMS missiles, was extinguished without casualties or significant damage. In the Kursk Region, the attack targeted one of the command posts of our group North. Regrettably, the attack and the subsequent air defence battle resulted in casualties, both fatalities and injuries, among the perimeter security units and servicing staff. However, the command and operational staff of the control centre suffered no casualties and continues to manage effectively the operations of our forces to eliminate and push enemy units out of the Kursk Region.

I wish to underscore once again that the use by the enemy of such weapons cannot affect the course of combat operations in the special military operation zone. Our forces are making successful advances along the entire line of contact, and all objectives we have set will be accomplished.

In response to the deployment of American and British long-range weapons, on November 21, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a combined strike on a facility within Ukraine’s defence industrial complex. In field conditions, we also carried out tests of one of Russia’s latest medium-range missile systems – in this case, carrying a non-nuclear hypersonic ballistic missile that our engineers named Oreshnik. The tests were successful, achieving the intended objective of the launch. In the city of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, one of the largest and most famous industrial complexes from the Soviet Union era, which continues to produce missiles and other armaments, was hit.

We are developing intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles in response to US plans to produce and deploy intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. We believe that the United States made a mistake by unilaterally destroying the INF Treaty in 2019 under far-fetched pretext. Today, the United States is not only producing such equipment, but, as we can see, it has worked out ways to deploy its advanced missile systems to different regions of the world, including Europe, during training exercises for its troops. Moreover, in the course of these exercises, they are conducting training for using them.

As a reminder, Russia has voluntarily and unilaterally committed not to deploy intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles until US weapons of this kind appear in any region of the world.

To reiterate, we are conducting combat tests of the Oreshnik missile system in response to NATO’s aggressive actions against Russia. Our decision on further deployment of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles will depend on the actions of the United States and its satellites.

We will determine the targets during further tests of our advanced missile systems based on the threats to the security of the Russian Federation. We consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against military facilities of those countries that allow to use their weapons against our facilities, and in case of an escalation of aggressive actions, we will respond decisively and in mirror-like manner. I recommend that the ruling elites of the countries that are hatching plans to use their military contingents against Russia seriously consider this.

It goes without saying that when choosing, if necessary and as a retaliatory measure, targets to be hit by systems such as Oreshnik on Ukrainian territory, we will in advance suggest that civilians and citizens of friendly countries residing in those areas leave danger zones. We will do so for humanitarian reasons, openly and publicly, without fear of counter-moves coming from the enemy, who will also be receiving this information.

Why without fear? Because there are no means of countering such weapons today. Missiles attack targets at a speed of Mach 10, which is 2.5 to 3 kilometres per second. Air defence systems currently available in the world and missile defence systems being created by the Americans in Europe cannot intercept such missiles. It is impossible.

I would like to emphasise once again that it was not Russia, but the United States that destroyed the international security system and, by continuing to fight, cling to its hegemony, they are pushing the whole world into a global conflict.

We have always preferred and are ready now to resolve all disputes by peaceful means. But we are also ready for any turn of events.

If anyone still doubts this, make no mistake: there will always be a response.