Ukraine says Russia launched an intercontinental missile in an attack for the first time in the war
Ukraine claimed Thursday that Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile overnight at one of its cities. If confirmed, it would be the first time Moscow has used such a weapon .
Ukraine did not provide any evidence that an ICBM was used in the attack on the central city of Dnipro, apparently armed with conventional warheads.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a missile used 바카라 게임 웹사이트matches the speed and altitude바카라 게임 웹사이트 of an ICBM. The Kremlin refused to comment on the strike.
The attack comes in a week when tensions , as the U.S. eased restrictions on Ukraine's use of American-made longer-range missiles inside Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin for launching nuclear weapons.
The range of an ICBM 바카라 게임 웹사이트 which can exceed 3,400 miles 바카라 게임 웹사이트 is beyond what is needed to attack Ukraine. But such missiles are designed to carry atomic warheads, and the use of one, even with a conventional payload, would serve as a chilling reminder of Russia바카라 게임 웹사이트s nuclear capability. It also appears to send a message to Ukraine바카라 게임 웹사이트s Western allies that Moscow has the ability to target them.
In a statement Thursday on the Telegram messaging app, Ukraine's air force said an intercontinental ballistic missile was fired at Dnipro, along with eight other missiles, and that the Ukrainian military shot down six of them.
Two people were wounded in the attack, and an industrial facility and a rehabilitation center for people with disabilities were damaged, according to local officials.
The air force statement did not specify the exact type of ICBM but said it was launched from Russia바카라 게임 웹사이트s Astrakhan region, on the Caspian Sea.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Today, our crazy neighbor once again showed what he really is,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Zelenskyy said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트And how afraid he is.바카라 게임 웹사이트
U.K. officials did not immediately confirm what kind of missile Russia fired. Prime Minister Keir Starmer바카라 게임 웹사이트s spokesman, Dave Pares, called the reports 바카라 게임 웹사이트deeply concerning바카라 게임 웹사이트 but added that intelligence services were still looking into them.
바카라 게임 웹사이트If true, clearly this would be another example of grave, reckless and escalatory behavior from Russia and only serves to strengthen our resolve,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said.
Defense Secretary John Healey said there were 바카라 게임 웹사이트unconfirmed reports 바카라 게임 웹사이트 of Russia firing a new ballistic missile into Ukraine, which we know they have been preparing for months.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Ballistic missiles can have a range of anywhere from under 310 miles to over 3,400 miles in the case of intercontinental ones. 바카라 게임 웹사이트Ballistic바카라 게임 웹사이트 refers to the shape of their trajectory.
Since the Cold War era, Moscow and Washington have given each other advance notice about ICBM launches to prevent the other side from perceiving a test launch as a nuclear attack.
They have stuck to exchanging such warnings despite increasing tensions 바카라 게임 웹사이트 which ratcheted up again in recent days.
Earlier this week, the Biden administration to use U.S.-supplied, to strike deeper inside Russia 바카라 게임 웹사이트 a move that drew an angry response from Moscow.
Days later, Ukraine into Russia, according to the Kremlin. The same day, Putin that allows for a potential nuclear response even to a conventional attack on Russia by any nation that is supported by a nuclear power.
The doctrine is formulated broadly to avoid a firm commitment to use nuclear weapons. In response, Western countries, including the U.S., said Russia has used irresponsible nuclear rhetoric and behavior throughout the war to intimidate Ukraine and other nations.
They have also expressed dismay at the deployment of thousands of to Russia to fight against Ukraine.
Also Thursday, Russia also struck Zelenskyy바카라 게임 웹사이트s home city of Kryvyi Rih, wounding 26 people, said the head of regional administration, Serhii Lysak. The missile strike caused damage to an administrative building, at least five multistory residential buildings, and civilian vehicles.
The Russian Defense Ministry, meanwhile, said in a statement that its air defense systems shot down two British-made Storm Shadow missiles, six HIMARS rockets, and 67 drones.
The statement didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t say when or where the Storm Shadows were shot down or what they were targeting. Russia earlier reported downing some of the missiles over the illegally annexed Crimean Peninsula.
More than , Russia has the upper hand, with its larger army advancing in Donetsk and Ukrainian civilians suffering from relentless drone and missile strikes.
Analysts and observers say that the loosening of restrictions on Ukraine's use of Western missiles is unlikely to change the course of the war, but it puts the Russian army in a more vulnerable position and could complicate the logistics that are crucial in warfare.
Putin has also warned that the move would mean that Russia and NATO are at war.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It is an important move and it pulls against, undermines the narrative that Putin had been trying to establish that it was fine for Russia to rain down Iranian drones and North Korean missiles on Ukraine but a reckless escalation for Ukraine to use Western-supplied weapons at legitimate targets in Russia,바카라 게임 웹사이트 said Peter Ricketts, a former U.K. national security adviser who now sits in the House of Lords.
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Associated Press writer Jill Lawless in London contributed to this report.