LONDON — Russia on Thursday launched an intercontinental ballistic missile towards Ukraine, officers in Kyiv mentioned, however a Western official informed ABC Information that the assault didn’t look like an ICBM.
It was as an alternative a ballistic missile, which was geared toward Dnipro, in Ukraine’s southeast, the Western official mentioned.
The declare was not instantly confirmed by Moscow, with Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declining to remark, saying questions on it ought to be as an alternative directed to the Russian Protection Ministry.
The launch of an ICBM, if confirmed, would arrive amid issues that the battle between Russia and Ukraine might escalate. Ukraine’s army this week first launched U.S.-made ATACMS missiles towards targets inside Russia, days after U.S. President Joe Biden allowed for such use of the long-range weapons.
Inside hours of Russia asserting it had struck down a few of these ATACMS missiles, the Kremlin introduced that Russian President Vladimir Putin had up to date the nation’s nuclear doctrine, a transfer that lowered the bar for a response with nuclear weapons.
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