In what would be the first use of such a potent nuclear-capable weapon in the more than 1,000-day conflict, Kyiv’s air force reported Thursday that Russia had fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) against the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. However, Russian President Vladimir Putin responded to the Ukrainian Air Force’s claims by claiming that Russia attacked a Ukrainian military facility with hypersonic medium-range ballistic missiles, demonstrating Moscow’s capability to target any nation whose weapons were used against Russia.
“In response to the use of American and British long-range weapons, on November 21 of this year, the Russian armed forces launched a combined strike on one of the facilities of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine,” Putin claimed. One of the most recent Russian medium-range missile systems was tested in combat situations, among other things. With a ballistic missile in a nuclear-free hypersonic vehicle in this instance,” he continued.
Ukraine’s use of the ATACMS, the longest-range missiles Washington has provided, was cited by Moscow as an obvious indication that the West intended to intensify the confrontation. According to a source-based report in Kyiv-based media outlet Ukrainska Pravda earlier in the day, Russia fired its 5,800-kilometer-range RS-26 Rubezh missile deep within Ukrainian territory, according to Reuters. But the missile had no nuclear bomb on board.
According to the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the RS-26 is thought to be 12 meters long and weigh 36 tons. It underwent successful testing for the first time in 2012. Additionally, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy asserted that Russia had shot an ICBM and stated that specialists were looking into the missile’s nature. According to Reuters, which cited the Ukrainian Air Force, the Russian forces reportedly fired seven Kh-101 cruise missiles and a Kinzhal hypersonic missile in addition to the RS-26 missile. Six of these missiles were shot down.
The Ukrainian Air Force statement was not immediately reacted to by Russia, which invaded Ukraine in February 2022. An essential component of Russia’s nuclear deterrence, ICBMs are strategic missiles built to deliver nuclear warheads. An official from the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDR) described the ICBM’s launch as “unprecedented” in his remarks. “This would be the first time an ICBM was really used in combat, and it would be completely unprecedented if it were true. In an X post, Andrey Baklitskiy of the UNIDR stated, “Given their cost and accuracy, it’s not that it makes a lot of sense.” The RS-26, which was initially successfully tested in 2012, is thought to be 12 meters long and 36 tons in weight.
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