The State Duma pointed to Russia's right to use weapons against the facilities of attacking countries

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin on November 22 said that Russia has the right to an armed response against states that attack it.

He said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had made a decision that the State Duma supports.

"In conditions when the United States and its European allies use missiles to strike the territory of the Russian Federation, this is a correct and long-awaited response. Our country has the right to use its weapons against the military facilities of those states that attack us," Volodin wrote in his Telegram channel.

He emphasized that the Russian government is obliged to do everything to protect the territorial integrity as well as the safety of Russians.

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On November 21, Putin said that Ukraine had used Western long-range weapons against the Russian state, causing the regional conflict to acquire elements of a global one. He also said that a test of the Oreshnik ballistic missile had taken place under combat conditions.

The strike was made on the plant "Yuzhmash" in Dnepropetrovsk. Denis Pushilin, head of the Donetsk People's Republic, called the launch a fair response to Kiev's aggression against peaceful Russian cities. Later, in his Telegram channel, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (term expired on May 20) demanded a reaction from the world.

The AFU is trying to strike Russian territories against the background of the special operation in Donbass, the beginning of which was announced on February 24, 2022. The decision was taken due to the aggravation of the situation in the region due to shelling by the Ukrainian military.