Putin plans chilling ‘response’ to Western rocket strikes as Russia reveals pics of ATACMS wreckage & expels UK diplomat

VLADIMIR Putin has issued a chilling menace to the West against American and British rockets being utilized by Ukraine to onslaught Russia.

The tyrant's “response” comes aft the Kremlin ramped up the aggression successful its invasion of Ukraine arsenic it expelled a UK diplomat.

Moscow’s subject vowed a chilling "response" to caller Ukrainian aerial attacks heavy wrong Russia utilizing US-supplied ATACMS missiles today.

Russia's defence ministry posted a abbreviated but chilling menace connected Telegram, writing: "Retaliatory actions are being prepared.”

This followed Kyiv launching long-range rockets for the archetypal clip connected 18 November, aft US President Joe Biden approved their usage by Volodymyr Zelensky’s troops.

Russia's defence ministry connected Tuesday said Ukraine had carried retired caller strikes, connected 23 and 25 November, utilizing the ATACMS rockets.

Two retired of 5 missiles launched connected Saturday damaged a Russian S-400 aerial defence system.

Two soldiers were wounded successful the 2nd onslaught which saw 8 missiles launched astatine the Kursk-Vostochny airport, which is besides a subject airbase.

Russia's defence ministry posted pictures of what it said were fragments of a ATACMS, showing ample casings connected the road.

The Ukrainian subject besides fired British Storm Shadow rockets, which are susceptible of dodging aerial defences, connected 20 November.

This deadly onslaught was said to person killed a top-Russian subject man, Lt-Gen Valery Solodchuk, and 500 North Korean troops, who were sent to assistance Putin’s army.

This elicited a furious absorption from Moscow who retaliated by firing intercontinental ballistic rockets into respective Ukrainian cities for the archetypal time, connected Thursday.

Putin antecedently threatened to proceed unleashing his devastating ICBMs connected Ukraine and already threatened to onslaught the UK and US “if necessary,” successful a property league past week.

The despot said helium would not clasp backmost from utilizing the destructive “Oreshnik” hypersonic ballistic weapon, which deed the Ukrainian metropolis of Dnipro connected Thursday.

Kyiv fears Russia whitethorn already person 10 of the terrifying weapons successful its arsenal with Putin vowing to wide nutrient dozens more.

Putin has besides taken governmental swipes astatine the West arsenic the expulsion of the British diplomat Wilkes Edward Prior was revealed today.

And a furious Putin besides barred Cabinet members including Labour politicians Angela Rayner, Yvette Cooper and Rachel Reeves from entering Russia nether caller sanctions.

The Russian ministry said it was putting members of the UK's governmental and subject constitution arsenic good arsenic journalists connected its "stop list".

Diplomat Prior was accused by the Kremlin of “intentionally providing mendacious accusation erstwhile receiving support to participate our country, thereby violating Russian legislation.”

Russia said helium came to the state aft six different diplomats were expelled successful August.

Moscow said: “A determination was taken to retreat his accreditation and helium was ordered to permission Russia wrong 2 weeks."

The connection added: “Signs of quality and subversive enactment threatening the information of the Russian Federation person been revealed."

The Kremlin provided nary details oregon impervious of these accusations.

A No.10 spokesperson said: "To beryllium clear, we refute these allegations. They're baseless.

"We're present considering our response. This is not the archetypal clip that Putin's authorities has made malicious, baseless accusations against our staff.

"You'll retrieve that the Kremlin baselessly curtailed the accreditation of six UK diplomats successful Russia earlier this twelvemonth pursuing enactment taken by the UK Government successful effect to the Russian authorities directing enactment crossed Europe and successful the UK.

"Today's announcement is nary astonishment coming from President Putin's government, which has overseen an amerciable warfare successful Ukraine.

"The UK Government is unapologetic astir protecting our nationalist interests and volition present respond successful owed course, and our embassy successful Moscow volition proceed its important enactment successful Russia to enactment UK interests."

The UK authorities is besides dealing with a fig of "unmanned aerial devices" spotted supra US airbases successful the UK.

The tiny fig of drones were sighted successful the skies adjacent RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall, successful Suffolk, and RAF Feltwell, successful Norfolk, a US Air Force spokesperson confirmed.

Military troops person since been drafted successful implicit concerns Russia is down a spate of sabotage flights and The Sun understands the RAF deployed their ORCUS antagonistic drone weapons successful response.