THE REVENGE UPON UKRAINE AS RUSSIA LAUNCHES INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE AT THEM

 Russia's revenge: Moscow 'launches intercontinental ballistic missile’ in attack on Ukraine

21 November 2024, 10:26 | Updated: 21 November 2024, 11:56

Kyiv says Russia has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile in an attack on Ukraine. Picture: Getty/Russian Ministry of Defence

Moscow has launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at Ukraine in retaliation over its use of UK and US rockets in Russian territory, according to Kyiv's air force.

The missile, which has never been used in combat before, was fired from a base in Astrakhan early this morning. It targeted critical infrastructure in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, Kyiv’s air force said. An industrial enterprise was damaged in the attack as well as it causing two fires.

However, a Western official has claimed the weapon used was a ballistic missile not an ICBM. It comes after Ukraine used US and UK long-range missiles in Russian territory. Residents in the village of Marino, close to the city of Kursk, claimed to have found fragments of the UK-supplied Storm Shadow missile on Wednesday.

A day earlier, Russia's defence ministry said Ukraine had hit the country with ATACMS missiles supplied by the US. Five missiles were shot down and one damaged, with fragments causing a sizeable fire at a military facility in the region, it said in a statement.

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Russia has since threatened to strike US air bases in Poland with "advanced weapons" as tensions continue to grow. The new ballistic missile defence base in Redzikowo has been listed to a list of possible targets due to it increasing "the overall level of nuclear danger". It opened on November 13 as part of a larger Nato missile shield.

"This is another frankly provocative step in a series of deeply destabilising actions by the Americans and their allies," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said. She continued: "The missile defence base in Poland 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."

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