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Russian President Vladimir Putin in his online speech on November 21 pointed to the stand to resolutely counter the acts of aggression against his country.

As regards the attacks on military installations in Kursk and Bryansk by US and UK long-range missiles, he accused the US and its NATO allies of persistently pursuing the line of escalating tension by deciding on the use of long-range missiles against the Russian territory and noted that the use of such weapons is impossible without the direct involvement by military experts of the countries that produced them.

Saying that the Russian armed forces struck in reaction to the attack the Ukrainian munitions industry complexes with new-type medium-range ballistic missiles, he affirmed that the anti-missile systems the Americans are building in Europe are unable to intercept the missile.

As a countermeasure to the US moves to deploy medium- and shorter-range missiles in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, Russia is developing such missiles and will decide on the issue of their deployment depending on how the US and its followers would act, he stated.

If the acts of aggression expand, Russia will resolutely counter them and the ruling forces of those countries which have plans for the use of their armed forces against Russia should give careful consideration to that, he warned.

He declared: We are ready for any sorts of developments. If anyone still doubts this, that is a useless thought. Counteraction will always follow.