Putin hints targeting Kyiv govt buildings with missiles as rubel falls to historical low | DW News

Speaking at a security conference in Kazakstan, Putin said he did not rule out targeting government buildings in Kyiv with Moscow's new hypersonic missile.

And while he's waiting for Donald Trump to move back into the White House, he's making sure to send messages in a language he knows lands well with the president-elect: Praise. At the event he called Trump a "smart person", capable of finding 'solutions'. Remember, Trump promised to end the war in Ukraine on day one and many expect him to push Kyiv to give in to Russia's demands.

Those comments followed another major Russian aerial attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Ukraine says Moscow fired nearly 200 missiles and drones during the barrage -- leaving more than a million households without power.

Meanwhile, Russia's central bank is considering raising interest rates, as the ruble falls to its lowest levels since the start of the war in Ukraine. The currency has dropped sharply since the US imposed sanctions on a string of Russian banks involved in foreign trade. But President Vladimir Putin says there's no reason to panic.

Chapters:
0:00 Another Moscow escalation
5:14 Russia considers raising interest rates

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[nyarkofelix]

German economy is doing so well that companies are closing factories and cutting jobs 😂

[dolangvijay]

European economy is weakening too. Why only Russian's matters. German is almost in recession

[ryusuf]

One question what about Palestinians, no water, no food, no electricity, no home, , is the Ukraines more human then Palestinians,

[robertmukuka]

Well, according to you the Russian economy should have fallen when the war started...

[imraf]

Why everyone is silent for the Palestine 🇵🇸 to say the same thing.
There in Palestine 🇵🇸 the world looking the genocide but still they are silent, they are not saying that there is no water, no food, no electricity...

[Travelaroundtheworld]

"Let's the missiles speak for themselves " - Ukrainian Jocker 😂😂

[MahadOsman-plkk]

What about gaza? Imagine kids in Gaza now😮 what a hipocracy western media.

[tonyatgoogle]

Note: DW doesn't report on the suffering in Gaza.

[chaosland]

They always call it blackmail until the missile speaks for itself.😂

[dimas]

Ukraine effectively destroying itself as a country

[justit]

ukies lost about 110, 000.00 sq km, that's bigger than Austria, Czech Republic, Portugal or South Korea. Nice, I hope they are still winning with "game changers".

[fabianabongo]

Zelensky: missiles will speak for themselves
Putin: voila! Missiles will speak for themselves
Zelensky: Russia is using missiles never used before, give us aid 😭

[Strasbourg.france]

In France everything is expensive and millions jobless so people are suffering very much

[amongushighlights]

This happens when u trying to join nato and u are nehibour of Russia for no reason

[ericobeng]

People are still living happily in Russia

[db]

Ukraine already showed Putin…they can hit Kremlin if the wanted with drones..Putin don’t underestimate Ukraine…so far Ukraine respect Russian citizens and civilian infrastructure

[satendravishwakarma]

Russian economics and rubel has nothing to do with trade and currency of US and EU.

[Robby]

Liars, the rubel did not fall to historical low no even in the past 2 years

[leeoo]

Why is the German channel so interested in the Russian economy? Is there nothing to report about their own country?

[justit]

DW should do an episode about ukies population, those "winners" move out in millions, and I hope DW will still say, they are "WINNING".