Russia's president Vladimir Putin has blamed what he calls "the aggressive actions of NATO countries" for Moscow testing a new intermediate-range missile in a strike on Ukraine, Euronews reports.
Thursday's strikes on Dnipro using the new 'Oreshnik' missile wounded at least two people and damaged an industrial facility and a rehabilitation centre for people with disabilities.
Putin said Russia was conducting "combat tests" of the new missile system in response to Ukrainian strikes earlier this week using US and British missiles.
"The targets for destruction during further tests of our newest missile systems will be determined by us based on the threats to the security of the Russian Federation. We consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against military facilities of those countries that allow their weapons to be used against our facilities," Putin said in a national television address.
