On November 18, 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Yevgeny Balitsky, the governor of the Russian-controlled region of Zaporizhzhya region in Ukraine, which was established by Russia during the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia (Photo) none).
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Ukraine has announced that Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile overnight targeting the city of Dnipro in the country’s east-east, and if confirmed, it would be the first time Russia has used such a missile in war. It will be.
Ukraine’s air force said in a statement on the messaging app Telegram on Thursday that it was fired from Russia’s Astrakhan region, which borders the Caspian Sea, without specifying the exact type of missile.
An intercontinental ballistic missile was launched into the city of Dnipro along with eight other missiles, and the Ukrainian military announced that it had shot down six of them.
Local officials said the attack left two people injured and damaged an industrial facility and a rehabilitation center for the disabled.
Although the range of ICBMs appears excessive for use against Ukraine, such missiles are designed to carry nuclear warheads, and the use of ICBMs would be a chilling threat to Russia’s nuclear capabilities and potentially This will send a powerful message of escalation.
The attack came two days after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the Revised Nuclear Principles, formally lowering the standards for the country’s use of nuclear weapons. Ukraine reportedly fired several long-range missiles supplied by the United States on Tuesday and fired a British-made Storm Shadow at Russia on Wednesday.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement on Thursday that the country’s air defense systems shot down two British-made Storm Shadow missiles, six HIMARS rockets and 67 unmanned aerial vehicles. The announcement was made during the ministry’s daily review of military operations in Ukraine.
The statement did not say when and where exactly it happened or what the missile was targeting. This is not the first time the Russian government has publicly disclosed the downing of Storm Shadow missiles, as Russia has previously reported shooting down some over annexed Crimea.
The development comes as the war has taken on an increasingly international dimension with the arrival of North Korean troops to assist Russia on the battlefield. U.S. officials said the development prompted a change in U.S. President Joe Biden’s policy on allowing Ukraine to launch long-range U.S. missiles. To Russia. The Kremlin responded with threats of further escalation.
President Putin has previously warned the United States and other NATO allies that allowing Ukraine to attack Russian territory using Western-supplied long-range weapons would mean Russia and NATO are at war. I was doing it.
And the new doctrine allows for a potential nuclear response by Russia to a conventional attack on Russia by any state supported by a nuclear-armed state.
The doctrine anticipates the possibility of a Russian nuclear response to a conventional attack, but is broadly designed to avoid a commitment to use nuclear weapons and keep Putin’s options open.
