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MADRID 21 Nov. () –
The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, assured this Thursday that Russia “has no interest in peace” after the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, confirmed the launch of a medium-range ballistic missile against Ukrainian territory.
“Putin is not only prolonging the war, he is spitting in the face of those in the world who genuinely want peace to be restored,” the Ukrainian president said in a message posted on the X social network.
In this sense, he has urged to “react” and “put pressure” on Putin so that he “feels the cost of his unhealthy ambitions.” “It is necessary to force Russia to achieve real peace, something that is only possible through force,” he added.
Likewise, he has accused the Russian president of “lying” by stating that the use of long-range missiles “is a new step” for Ukraine. “This is not the first time we have used such weapons, and we have every right to do so under International Law. Our right to self-defense is the same as that of any other nation,” the president highlighted.
Zelensky has also stressed that the Russian president “ignores” the recommendations of China, Brazil, European countries or the United States. “Putin is the only one who started this war, a completely unprovoked war,” he said.
The ballistic missile model used by Moscow, the Oreshnik, has the ability to advance between 2.5 and three kilometers per second, a speed at which air defense systems currently available in the world, even American systems, are not capable. capable of intercepting, according to Putin.
The war in Ukraine broke out more than a thousand days ago after Putin himself ordered the invasion of his neighboring country at the end of February 2022. Since then the conflict has progressed without interruption, with the front lines practically stagnant since then. , although with clashes also in Russian territory after the Ukrainian incursion on Kursk last August.
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