Putin marks new red lines to the West in the Black, Baltic and Arctic seas: "We will guarantee their defense firmly and by all means"

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that the Russian Navy will receive

in the coming months .

The deployment area will depend on Russian interests, said Putin, who has once again put the US in the crosshairs of his army.

The claims of dominance of the United States in the oceans are the great challenge for Russia, according to the new naval doctrine approved by the Russian president this Sunday.

The document lists Russia's top ten "major challenges and threats to national security and development" in the maritime arena.

For Moscow

is the US plan to achieve "domination in the world ocean and its global influence on the evolution of international processes, especially those that are related to the use of transportation routes and energy resources of the ocean".

The document also denounces "the eagerness of the US and its allies to limit the Russian Federation's access to ocean resources and transport routes."

The new Russian naval doctrine mentions

as problems ;

the expansion of NATO towards the Russian borders and the increasing number of naval exercises that it carries out in waters close to Russia.

The escalation of international terrorism, maritime piracy and the illegal transport of weapons are other problems that have been pointed out.

A MISSILE TO REACH THE USA

At the end of December Putin announced a first successful test firing of a Zircon salvo.

This hypersonic weaponry can travel at

.

As Putin boasted in 2019, the missile can hit

, so crossing the ocean is not a problem.

One advantage is interoperability with Caliber cruise missile launchers.

There is no official information on whether it can carry a nuclear warhead.

The president has come to the former imperial capital,

, to celebrate Russian Navy Day.

There he praised Tsar Peter the Great for making Russia a great sea power.

In his speech to the troops, Putin said that Russia's new Naval Doctrine "has clearly outlined the borders and areas of national interests," first and foremost

, the Baltiysk Strait and the Kuril Strait.

"We will defend them firmly, by all means," Putin said.

Regarding the Zircon missiles, he said that "they know no barriers."

The first ship to receive them will be the Gorshkov frigate.

ATTACK ON SEVASTOPOL

Putin did not mention in his speech Ukraine, which has spoiled the Russian Navy's party by attacking the headquarters

, on Russia's annexed Crimean peninsula, with a drone.

There are at least six injured.

As explained by the governor of Sevastopol,

, a drone managed to fly into the courtyard of the military headquarters.

The Sputnik agency assures that the explosive was installed in a homemade drone that managed to break the windows of an office.

Ukraine has denied responsibility for the attack on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters, calling the Russian accusations "deliberate provocation."

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