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Today, our crazy neighbor once again showed what he really is,
If true, clearly this would be another example of grave, reckless and escalatory behavior from Russia and only serves to strengthen our resolve,
It's a step up in terms of the delivery vehicle,
Townsend said, responding to a Newsweek question during a panel at the Royal United Services Institute, a U.K.-based think tank The RS-26 is designed to carry nuclear warheads, but evidently it did not do so in this attack,
said William Freer, research fellow at the U.K.-based Council on Geostrategy think tank Russia has likely used the RS-26 as a way to try and intimidate Ukraine's supporters by raising tensions over the employment of a nuclear capable ballistic missile, one capable of hitting European capitals,
There are a lot of things that Putin is doing right now to express displeasure over ATACMS,
Townsend said, but also to set the tone for the incoming Trump administration 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 Today there was a new Russian missile. All the characteristics – speed, altitude – are (of an) intercontinental ballistic (missile). An expert (investigation) is currently underway,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video statement On the morning of November 21, 2024, between 05:00 and 07:00, Russian troops attacked the city of Dnipro (enterprises and critical infrastructure) with missiles of various types."
In a statement on telegram channel, the Ukrainian Air Force wrote Once again, we ask citizens not to delay with air warning signals! And we call on all media people and bloggers to responsibly spread this or that information about the combat work of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and any threats to the Ukrainian state,
So I can confirm that we are providing the Ukrainian government with non-persistent anti-personnel landmines. We have been providing them with anti-tank landmines for some time, but this is the first time we are providing them with anti-personnel landmines."
Addressing the US State Department press briefing on Wednesday, Miller said We have seen over recent weeks a significant change in the [Russian] action and the rhetoric on Ukraine
For our enemies to be deterred they must know we intend to have no holes in our capabilities, or at least we will soon be upgrading them
Writing in The Telegraph, he said The base) has been added to the list of priority targets for potential destruction which, if necessary, can be executed with a wide range of advanced weapons,
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova concluded This strike has no obvious military value - they could achieve the same objectives without sacrificing an ICBM
Dr Ruth Deyermond, Senior Lecturer in Post-Soviet Security at King's College London, told MailOnline We remember the real price of freedom for Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an address today I won't be drawn on the operational details of the conflict
Asked to confirm reports Storm Shadow had been used by Ukraine, Defence Secretary John Healey said We have stressed in the context of our doctrine that Russia is taking a responsible position to make maximum effort not to allow such a conflict,
It’s a very dangerous position that the outgoing administration is taking,
Peskov said of the US decision, ... according to Tass We do not comment on the use of ICBMs. It is not time yet
She said ... before a senior diplomat stepped in