Conflict in Ukraine Has Assumed ‘Global Nature,’ Putin Says After Missile Exchange

Moscow has vowed to respond in ‘mirror-like’ fashion to ‘aggressive actions’ by Kyiv and its Western supporters.

Firefighters work at the site of a Russian missile strike in Dnipro, Ukraine, on Nov. 21, 2024. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Dnipropetrovsk region/Handout via Reuters

The conflict in Ukraine has taken on “elements of a global nature,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Nov. 21 after Moscow fired an advanced hypersonic ballistic missile at Ukraine’s central-eastern city of Dnipro.

In a televised address, Putin said the ballistic missile attack was a response to “attacks by Western long-range weapons against [Russian] territory.”