DUBAI, November 22. /TASS/. The use of the Oreshnik missile changes the course of the Ukrainian conflict, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with Al Arabiya.

"This, naturally, changes the course of the special military operation," Medvedev said, commenting on the use of the Oreshnik.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on November 21 that the United States and its NATO allies had announced their approval of the use of long-range precision weapons. Following this announcement, Russian military sites in the Kursk and Bryansk regions were attacked with American and British missiles. In response, Russia used its newest intermediate-range ballistic missile, the Oreshnik, in a non-nuclear strike targeting Ukraine’s Yuzhmash defense plant in Dnepr (formerly known as Dnepropetrovsk). Putin emphasized that the West’s provocative policies could lead to severe consequences if the conflict continues to escalate.