❕Key takeaways from Russian President Vladimir Putin's address to the nation about the recent developments in the special military operation zone: ▪️The Russian military sites in the Bryansk and Kursk Regions were struck with Western long-range missiles; the fired missiles did not hit their targets ▪️The Ukrainian conflict becomes global after attacks with Western-made missiles on the Russian territory ▪️The enemy's use of long-range weapons against Russia will not affect the special military operation course ▪️The Russian armed forces are successfully advancing in all areas of the special military operation ▪️The Russian Armed Forces have carried out a combined strike on Ukraine's defense industry facility in response to the strikes on the country with American and British weapons ▪️Russia tested a new missile in Ukraine, it received the name ‘Oreshnik’ ▪️The country fired a hypersonic ballistic missile with a non-nuclear warhead at the Yuzhmash plant in Ukraine's Dnepropetrovsk ▪️The use of the Oreshnik missile is a response to US plans to produce and deploy intermediate-range missiles ▪️There are currently no countermeasures for the Oreshnik missile ▪️Russia will warn Ukrainian civilians in advance and offer them to leave the danger zone if new ballistic missiles are used ▪️Russia's newest missiles attack targets at a speed of two to three kilometers per second, existing missile defense systems cannot intercept them ▪️The US makes a mistake by violating the INF Treaty ▪️Russia will respond to the escalation decisively and symmetrically ▪️Russia prefers peaceful means, but is ready for any development of events, ‘the response will always follow’ ▪️Russia considers itself entitled to use weapons against the military facilities of the countries that use their weapons against it ▪️Russia's decision to deploy medium- and intermediate-range missiles will depend on the enemy's moves