Peskov calls Russian strike on Ukraine's military-industrial complex facilities retaliatory action

Russia's strike on the facilities of Ukraine 's military-industrial complex (MIC) is a retaliatory action. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on November 29.

"The air strike on the facilities of Ukraine's military-industrial complex and facilities that are directly or indirectly related to ensuring the activities of Ukraine's military-industrial complex was a retaliatory action," the Russian leader's spokesman said in response to a question regarding US President Joe Biden 's outrage over Russia's attack on Ukraine's military-industrial complex facilities.

According to Peskov, this response followed the double use of US missiles by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) against targets on Russian territory. Relying on the words of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who called the decision to authorize the use of foreign missiles irresponsible and escalating, the Kremlin spokesman added that each such use would receive an appropriate response.

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On November 21, the Russian president said that Ukraine had used Western long-range weapons against the Russian state, causing the regional conflict to acquire elements of a global conflict. He also said that one of Russia's newest medium-range missile systems, the Oreshnik ballistic missile, had been tested under combat conditions.

Before that, on November 19, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the S-400 SAM and Pantsir SAM systems in the Bryansk region shot down five ATACMS missiles fired by the AFU and damaged another one. The wreckage of the latter fell on the territory of a military facility, without casualties or damage.

The special operation to protect Donbass, which began on February 24, 2022, continues. The decision was taken against the background of the worsening situation in the region.