Putin challenges the West to a 'high-tech missile DUEL': President suggests giving advance notice of a hypersonic Oreshnik attack to see 'if they can stop it in time' during annual news conference

Vladimir Putin has challenged the West to a 'high-tech missile duel' as the Russian president suggests he might give advance notice of a hypersonic missile attack to see if the West can stop it. During his annual news conference and call-in show, Putin mockingly challenged Ukraine's western allies to a 'high-tech duel', suggesting that Moscow could give advance notice of a strike on Kyiv with the Oreshnik missile - and see if the West could protect the city A grab taken from handout footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry on March 1, 2024 purport to show the test firing of an ICBM belonging to the country's nuclear deterrence forces The moment Russia used the Oreshnik for the first time to strike Dnipro, on November 21 The shocking challenge to the West comes after Putin said his military was 'advancing towards achieving our primary goals' in Ukraine. This is the distances the hypersonic missile could reportedly reach Vladimir Putin has hinted at an end to the Ukraine war as he started his annual marathon news conference in Russia Russia's T-72 tanks drive during military drills held at a firing range amid Russia-Ukraine conflict, in the southern Krasnodar region, Russia, December 2, 2024 The Russian president said his military was 'advancing towards achieving our primary goals' in Ukraine Russia's central bank is set to hike interest rates on Friday in its latest attempt to deal with the pace of price rises amid the military offensive on Ukraine. Trump has vowed to end the war in Ukraine and a proposal, outlined by three of his staffers, said his plane would involve a 800-mile demilitarised zone between Russia and Ukraine Ukrainian servicemen fire a howitzer toward Russian positions near the front line in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Putin also admitted that he could not say when his army would regain full control of the western Kursk region, where Ukraine launched a shock offensive in August Journalists from the country's over 80 regions wave colorful signs and placards in the hall near the Kremlin as they try desperately to attract Putin's attention. Most journalists and ordinary people calling the studio ask about road repairs, utility prices, house maintenance, medical services, government subsidies for families and other economic and social issues Ukrainian servicemen of the 43 Artillery Brigade fire a 2S7 Pion self-propelled cannon towards Russian positions at a front line in the Donetsk region He threatened that Moscow could launch more strikes on Ukraine with the new Oreshnik missile and warned it could also be used to target military facilities of the countries that allowed Ukraine to use their missiles for attacks deep into Russia.