From the Ukrainian side, the army had reported the alleged intercontinental ballistic missile, and also the use of Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and Kh-101 cruise missiles.
Previously, they assured that it was the RS-26 Rubezh, an intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 5,800 km, which can carry a nuclear warhead, although Ukraine assured that The launched missile did not carry a nuclear charge.
The United States assured that it was a medium-range missile
But hours later, the United States gave new details about what had happened previously, where they explained that the missile used was medium range, with a maximum range of between 1,000 and 3,000 kilometersunlike intercontinental ballistic missiles, designed mainly to carry nuclear weapons and which exceed 5,500 kilometers in range.
According to Putin, the air defenses could not intercept the missile called Oreshnik, whose attack speed is Mach 10, that is, between 2.5 and 3 kilometers per second: ”Modern air defense systems… cannot intercept this type of missile. It’s impossible”he stated. ”Today there are no means to counter such a weapon,” he added.
In addition, he described it as a ”ballistic missile in non-nuclear hypersonic configuration”, stating that the test carried out this Thursday had been a success and had achieved its objective.
For his part, through his spokesman, the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmerconfirmed that ”“It is the first time that Russia uses a ballistic missile in Ukraine with a range of several thousand kilometers.”
Vladimir Putin warned that the conflict became “global” and could attack other countries
“After the long-range attacks from Ukraine, a regional conflict acquired elements of a global one“Putin stated in television statements and warned that Russia is “ready” to respond to any aggression.
At the beginning of the week, Ukraine launched US and British medium- and long-range missiles against Russian territory. It was in doubt whether Russia would respond and, if so, when. This Thursday, earlier, kyiv denounced that Russia fired an intercontinental missile against the city of Dniprobut Western officials questioned this. Putin confirmed it later.
“We consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against military installations of those countries that allow their weapons to be used against our facilities,” Putin justified in television statements and promised that Russia “will respond with equal determination” if they insist with an “escalation of aggressive actions.”
In this line of showing military strength, the russian president He stated that “our air defense systems repelled those attacks.” In contrast, Americans using Ukraine would not be able to intercept Russian missiles, Putin said. However, He anticipated that before new attacks on Ukraine they will notify in time so that civilians can evacuatejust as Israel does in the Middle East.
Source: Ambito
