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This strike has no obvious military value - they could achieve the same objectives without sacrificing (an ICBM or advanced missile).
Dr Ruth Deyermond, Senior Lecturer in Post-Soviet Security at King's College London, told MailOnline The reported range of 700km (to Dnipro) falls short of the typical intercontinental range
Dr Mattias Eken, a defence and security analyst at RAND Europe, added If (the suspected ICBM strike) is true, clearly this would be another example of grave, reckless and escalatory behaviour from Russia and only serves to strengthen our resolve.
Sir Keir Starmer's office said yesterday If this is research and combat use, then there will be at least ten missiles."
It could be refitted to certainly carry different types of conventional or nuclear warheads,
spokesperson Sabrina Singh warned Russia has demonstrated its ability to respond to Western actions by using ballistic missiles."
The Kremlin later said on their new missile Serial production of this missile began in the late 2000s, suggesting that the missile used by the Russian military on Thursday may not feature the advanced technologies Putin claimed in his video address,
