This was a non-nuclear attack though ICBMs are the typical delivery vehicle for a nuclear weapon.
Ukrainian media outlets are reporting that the specific missile used was an RS-26 Rubezh, a medium-range ICBM.
But thats still unconfirmed.
Firefighters work at the site of a Russian missile strike in Dnipro, Ukraine November 21, 2024.© (Photo by Press Service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Dnipropetrovsk Region/ Handout.
And, most of all, its fear, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyysaid in a post on X.
Today, it was a new Russian missile.
Its speed and altitude suggest intercontinental ballistic capabilities.
A loud male voice was audible on the phone, the microphones in the room picked it up.
It told Zakharova not to talk about the missile launch.
In a new “can’t make this shit up” .
Nazi rocket scientists developed early versions of the weapons during World War II.
Today, both the United States and Russia are covered in silos that house nuclear ICBMs.
America is on track to spend almost $2 trillion over the next few years to upgrade its arsenal.
The Russian missile launch comes two days after Kyiv struck Russia with a U.S.-supplied ATACMS missile.
President Biden previously prevented Ukraine from hitting targets deep inside Russia but recently lifted the restriction.
Russia said that the use of the weapons represented an escalation of the war.
Also this week, Russia unveiled a revised doctrine around the use of nuclear weapons.
Same wine, new bottle.
Its clear that Putin is using Ukraine as a testing ground.
Its also clear that he is terrified of normal life next to him.
A life where people live with dignity.
A country that wants to be free and has the right to be independent, Zelenskyy said.
Putin will do anything to keep his neighbor from slipping out of his grasp.
Its one of the defining words for Ukraine.
And its a word that will likely never again be spoken about Russia.
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