Kyiv Independent: Putin threatens to target 'decision-making centers' in Kyiv with Oreshnik missile

[Dennis Donovan]

Kyiv Independent - Putin threatens to target 'decision-making centers' in Kyiv with Oreshnik missile

by Kateryna Denisova and
The Kyiv Independent news desk
November 28, 2024 6:11 PM



"Decision-making centers" in Kyiv can be among the targets of Oreshnik, Russia's new intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed on Nov. 28.

Putin has repeatedly threatened to attack Ukraine's "decision-making centers" since the beginning of Russia's full-scale war.

Russia daily strikes Ukrainian cities with drones, missiles, and guided bombs, with nearly 200 aerial targets launched at Ukraine overnight on Nov. 28.

Speaking at the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit in Astana, Putin said that Russia's military leadership is now "choosing targets" in Ukraine to hit them with Oreshnik.

"These could be military facilities, defense and industrial enterprises, or decision-making centers in Kyiv," Putin said.

Russia first launched Oreshnik in an attack against the city of Dnipro on Nov. 21. Shortly thereafter, Putin claimed that "there are currently no ways of countering this weapon," which later was refuted by President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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[Irish_Dem]

1. Is he threatening to get Zelensky?

[Dennis Donovan]

2. Sounds like it. n/t

[highplainsdem]

3. Yes.

[Igel]

4. Still and again.

But at least he's saying it for a change--and saying he'd hit military targets and not just schools and hospitals.

You know, if he'd just wait two months he'd have all the success he needed.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Yes why is Putin threatening to kill both Trump and Zelensky now?

When in January Trump will hand him Ukraine on a platter and lift all sanctions?

Something seems off to me about all of this.