Russia’s widespread overnight attack targeting critical energy infrastructure facilities in Ukraine was a response to strikes on Russian territory using US-made ATACMS missiles, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.

Vladimir Putin justified the strikes as a response to the Ukrainian use of US weapons against Russian territory and threatened Kyiv with the experimental hypersonic missile used on November 21

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia would use all weapons at its disposal against Ukraine if Kyiv were to acquire nuclear arms.