Ukraine accuses Russia of launching intercontinental ballistic missile

President Vladimir Putin says Russia tested a hypersonic intermediate-range rocket successful a onslaught connected Ukraine.

Ukraine has accused Russia of firing a caller benignant of rocket astatine nan metropolis of Dnipro arsenic Moscow said it tested an intermediate-range ballistic rocket successful a onslaught connected Ukraine, amid soaring tensions successful nan more-than-two-year war.

Kyiv said connected Thursday that Russia had fired an intercontinental ballistic rocket (ICBM) on pinch a barrage of rockets astatine nan metropolis successful cardinal Ukraine. Local authorities said nan onslaught deed an infrastructure installation and injured 2 civilians.

In a televised address, President Vladimir Putin said Russia had tested a hypersonic intermediate-range rocket successful a onslaught connected Ukraine successful consequence to nan fierce actions of NATO countries.

A United States charismatic was cited by nan Reuters news agency arsenic saying that Russia did not occurrence an ICBM, but alternatively launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile, according to an appraisal based connected its first analysis.

“Today location was a caller Russian missile. All nan characteristics – speed, altitude – are [of an] intercontinental ballistic [missile],” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said successful a video statement.

He said experts were examining nan grounds of nan onslaught and accused Moscow of “using Ukraine arsenic a testing ground”.

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi said that nan onslaught “proves Russia does not activity peace”.

“To nan contrary, it makes each effort to grow nan war,” he added.

When asked astir nan attack, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Russia was moving to debar a atomic conflict.

“We person stressed successful nan discourse of our doctrine that Russia is taking a responsible position to make maximum effort not to let specified a conflict,” Peskov said.

Attacks successful Russia

The conflict betwixt Russia and Ukraine has escalated successful caller days aft nan US granted Ukraine permission to usage long-range weapons to onslaught targets successful Russia, a determination that Ukraine had sought for months.

On Tuesday, Ukraine reportedly fired US-made Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) missiles astatine targets successful Russia for nan first time.

Putin connected Tuesday lowered nan period for a atomic onslaught successful consequence to a broader scope of accepted attacks.

On Wednesday, British media reported that Ukraine launched long-range British Storm Shadow cruise missiles astatine targets successful Russia. The Russian Defence Ministry confirmed nan usage of nan missiles.

Separately, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova described nan opening of a caller US rocket defence guidelines successful Poland arsenic a “provocative measurement successful a bid of profoundly destabilising actions by nan Americans and their allies”.

“This leads to undermining strategical stability, expanding strategical risks and, arsenic a result, to an summation successful nan wide level of atomic danger,” she said.

Poland dismissed nan thought that nan guidelines would beryllium utilized for onslaught purposes.

The escalation comes arsenic Moscow’s forces person precocious deeper into nan Donetsk region successful eastbound Ukraine. Russia’s subject announced connected Thursday that its forces had captured a colony adjacent to Kurakhove, closing successful connected nan municipality aft months of dependable advances.

Ukraine’s protect lines are besides buckling nether Russian unit crossed nan beforehand line.

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