Russia said on Wednesday 11 December that six U.S.-made ATACMS ballistic missiles fired from Ukraine had struck Taganrog military airfield in the Rostov region on the Azov Sea, a move that could prompt Moscow to launch another experimental intermediate-range hypersonic missile at NATO forces in Ukraine.

Russia’s defense ministry said two of the missiles fired by Ukraine were shot down by a Pantsir missile defense system and the rest were destroyed by electronic warfare.

“This attack by Western long-range weapons will not go unanswered and appropriate measures will be taken,” Russian officials said.

Russia fired a new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile known as “Oreshnik”, or Hazel Tree, at Ukraine on 21 November in what President Vladimir Putin said was a direct response to strikes on Russia by Ukrainian forces with U.S. and British missiles.

A U.S. official said on Wednesday that Russia could launch another hypersonic ballistic missile in Ukraine in the coming days, but the Biden regime does not consider the Oreshnik weapon a game-changer in the war [they’ll find out if Blinken keeps this up —Eds].

President-elect Donald Trump responded to Blinken-Biden’s reckless aggression by saying: “It’s crazy what’s taking place. It’s crazy. I disagree very vehemently with sending missiles hundreds of miles into Russia. Why are we doing that? We’re just escalating this war and making it worse. That should not have been allowed to be done,” Trump said in an interview to mark his being named Time‘s Person of the Year.