[Text/Observer Network Liu Qian]
On the 10th local time, the Russian armed forces used the missile to carry out long-range strikes on the city of Kiev and eight states in Ukraine. Comprehensive Russian News Agency , Russian Satellite News Agency reported on the 11th that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov warned on the same day that as the United States and its European allies were "increasingly involved in" the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Russia will have to take necessary "countermeasures."
reported that Riyabkov said on the same day that Russia regretted to find that "from continuous large-scale assistance to Ukraine, training Ukrainian armed forces personnel in EU countries, providing real-time intelligence and satellite images, to determining shelling targets and planning Ukrainian military operations, Western countries standing on the side of the Kiev regime are increasingly involved in this conflict."
Data picture: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov
"At the same time, leaders of the United States and Europe have also called for defeating Russia 'on the battlefield'." Ryabkov said.
"Russia will have to take necessary countermeasures, including those asymmetric countermeasures." Riyabkov warned, "Obviously, direct conflict with the United States and NATO is not in Russia's interest. We warn and hope that Washington and other Western countries will be aware of the danger of uncontrolled escalation of the situation."
Russian News Agency said that the United States and its NATO allies continue to provide weapons to Ukraine today. Russia has repeatedly stated that the supply of Western weapons will only prolong the conflict and that the arms transport team will become the legal target of attack by the Russian army.
According to the latest data reported by the Ukrainian National Emergency Affairs Bureau on October 11, Russia's missile strikes on various parts of Ukraine on the 10th have killed 19 people and injured 105 people.
Ukraine's National Emergency Affairs Bureau earlier stated that as of 21:00 on the 10th, there were still 1,307 residential areas in Ukraine in a state of power outage. Affected by this, the Ukrainian Energy Minister also announced on the same day that Ukraine will stop electricity exports from the 11th, which will exacerbate the energy pressure on the EU.
This is the first time Kiev has been attacked by a missile since June. Photo | Masicas (Head of the European Union delegation to Ukraine) Twitter
White House website issued a statement. On the evening of the 10th local time, Ukrainian President Zelensky spoke with US President Biden , and the two sides reached an agreement on the priorities of defense cooperation between Ukraine and the United States. Biden promised that the United States will continue to support Ukraine and will provide Ukraine with the support it needs for self-defense, including the advanced air defense system .
On the same day, German Defense Minister Rambrecht also said that Germany will provide Ukraine with the first missile air defense system in the near future. Germany had previously promised to provide Ukraine with four "Iris-T SLM" missile air defense systems, the first of which will be delivered within days.
In addition, Zelensky also had emergency calls with the heads of state of Germany, France, Qatar , Polish , Dutch and the United Kingdom to discuss international support for Ukraine and post-disaster reconstruction.
Comprehensive Reuters and other foreign media reported that the White House of the United States said on the 10th that US President Biden and other leaders of the G7 (G7) will hold an online meeting on the 11th to discuss their commitment to supporting Ukraine. Ukrainian President Zelensky said on Twitter that he would attend the meeting and give a speech.
On the 10th local time, Russian President Putin delivered a speech, confirming that the Russian army carried out large-scale and high-precision long-range strikes on Ukraine's energy, military command and communication facilities that morning. Putin also warned that if Ukraine launches terrorist attacks on the territory of the Russian Federation, Russia will take more tough response measures.
Russian Federal Council (Russian Parliament Upper House ) Chairman of the Defense and Security Committee, Bondalev, said on the 10th that the Russian army's large-scale strike on Ukrainian energy, military and communication facilities after the explosion on the Crimea Bridge marks a new stage of Russia's special military operations. Bondalev said that the Russian army will take more decisive actions in the new stage.
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