KYIV: Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile during an attack on Ukraine on Thursday (Nov 21), Kyiv's air force said, in what would be the first use in war of a weapon designed to deliver long-distance nuclear strikes.
Firefighters work at the site of a Russia n missile strike, amid Russia 's attack on Ukraine , in Dnipro, Ukraine on Nov 21, 2024. KYIV: Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile during an attack on Ukraine on Thursday , Kyiv's air force said, in what would be the first use in war of a weapon designed to deliver long-distance nuclear strikes.
Asked about the Ukrainian air force statement, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters to contact the Russian military for comment. The RS-26 was first successfully tested in 2012, and is estimated to be 12m-long and weigh 36 tons, according to the Centre for Strategic and International Studies . It said the RS-26 can carry an 800kg nuclear warhead.
Ukraine's air force did not say what the ICBM targeted or whether it had caused any damage, but regional governor Serhiy Lysak said the missile attack damaged an industrial enterprise and set off fires in Dnipro. Two people were hurt. "If true this will be totally unprecedented and the first actual military use of ICBM. Not that it makes a lot of sense given their price and precision," Andrey Baklitskiy of the UN Institute for Disarmament Research posted on X.
"An ICBM launch can certainly be seen as a threatening gesture, potentially in response to the lifting of restrictions on ATACMS and Storm Shadow. It’s a means of deterrence," said a European military source.
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