MOSCOW, Nov 21 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Ukraine war was escalating towards a global conflict after the United States and Britain allowed Ukraine to hit Russia with their weapons, and warned the West that Moscow could strike back.

Russia launched a new non-nuclear ballistic missile with medium range on Ukraine’s Dnipro region on Thursday, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said in a televised statement, marking another significant escalation in the 1,

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow has tested a new intermediate-range missile in a strike on Ukraine and that it could use the weapon against countries that have allowed Kyiv to use their m

The Pentagon confirmed Russia’s missile was a new, experimental type of intermediate-range missile based on its RS-26 intercontinental ballistic missile.

Western officials have challenged the Ukrainian air force's assertions, saying it was not an ICBM.

Putin lowered the bar for a nuclear attack after the US lifted a ban on Ukraine using long-range missiles. Ukraine carried out its first strike with the weapons.

Russian deputy Anatoly Wasserman claims that Vladimir Putin has a secret weapon that remains unknown to the public. The new Oreshnik missile, launched on November 21 over the Ukrainian Dnipro River, is just the beginning,