Putin calls massive attack on Ukraine revenge for ATACMS strikes on Russia
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with Yevgeny Balitsky (not pictured), the Moscow-installed head of the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, at the Kremlin in Moscow on November 18, 2024. (AFP Photo)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that a massive air attack against Ukraine was Moscow’s “response” to Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory with Western missiles.
“We carried out a comprehensive strike,” Putin told allies during a Kazakhstan visit several hours after the attack. “It was a response to continued attacks on our territory by (US) ATACMS missiles,” he said in the televised remarks.
