The important message in Vladimir Putin’s speech was that "Russia does believe that the West has shifted from a proxy-war to direct war" and that the parties find themselves in "a global conflict" now, Dmitry Suslov said MOSCOW, November 22. /TASS/. The statement by President Vladimir Putin regarding the use of Russia's latest Oreshnik hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile came as a major warning to the West, experts believe. In his televised address to the nation on November 21,