Over more than three decades, Iran has built one of the largest and most diverse missile arsenals in the Middle East.

Ukraine has successfully test-fired a domestically made long-range Flamingo missile, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced.

On Monday, November 18, on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz refused to answer a question about the possible permission of the United States for Ukraine to launch long-range missile strikes on Russian territory, News.az reports citing Izvestia.

Hungary on Monday condemned the United States' decision to authorize Ukraine to use American-supplied long-range missiles to strike deep into Russian territory, warning that the move could escalate the conflict to a global scale.

Moscow is aware that the West has decided whether to permit Ukraine to use long-range missiles against Russia and has communicated this to Kyiv, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told TASS on Saturday.

By Faiq Mahmudov

Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a stern warning to NATO leaders, stating that if the alliance allows Ukraine to use long-range Western missiles to target deep inside Russia, it would be considered an act of war.

“ This would mean NATO countries—both the United States and European nations—are at war with Russia . If that happens, given the change in the nature of the conflict, we will respond accordingly to the threats posed to us,” Putin said.

The United Kingdom is considering the development of long-range missiles capable of neutralizing nuclear weapons launched from Russia, News.Az reports citing The Times.