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Russia has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into Ukraine for the first time, Kyiv has claimed.
Ukraine’s air force did not specify the exact type of missile, but said it was launched from Russia’s Astrakhan region, which borders the Caspian Sea. It said an intercontinental ballistic missile was fired at Dnipro city along with eight other missiles.
However, ABC News – citing western officials – reported that the weapon used was in fact a shorter-range ballistic missile.
Russia had threatened to strike with a “massive” new missile in retaliation for Ukraine using Western weapons. The range of an ICBM would seem excessive for use against Ukraine, such missiles are designed to carry nuclear warheads thousands of miles, but the use of one would serve as a reminder of Russia’s nuclear capability.
It comes as Moscow claimed Russian air defences shot down two British Storm Shadow cruise missiles.
The British-made missile – which Kyiv has been lobbying to use beyond Russia’s borders for months – was fired at Russia on Wednesday, with images published by Russian military bloggers purporting to show Storm Shadow fragments in Russia’s Kursk region, beyond Ukraine’s northeastern border.
15 injured in Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih
Two teenagers are among those injured after a Russian strike on Kryvyi Rih.
The head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Serhiy Lysak said on Telegram: “15 wounded in Kryvyi Rih.
“Among them are two teenagers. A 17-year-old boy was taken to hospital. Another 16-year-old was treated at the scene.”
He said a total of nine people had been hospitalised.
Barney Davis21 November 2024 11:32
Two injured in strike on Dnipro
A 57-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman, were injured in Dnipro as a result of a Russian missile attack, early on Thursday morning, according to early information.
The head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Serhiy Lysak said the rehabilitation centre for the disabled was damaged.
He added: “There is destruction in the garage cooperative. There was a fire there. 9 garages were mutilated. In addition, as already reported earlier, an industrial enterprise was damaged. And also two private houses. A fire broke out in one of them, it was extinguished.
“Previously, two people were injured. The 57-year-old man was treated on the spot. A 42-year-old woman was hospitalised. Communal services work at emergency sites.
“The National Police accepts claims about damage to property. Philanthropists helped people. They provide psychological help and materials for quick repairs.”
Barney Davis21 November 2024 10:45
Video: Western official claims Dnipro strike wasn’t ICBM
There is some debate as to whether Russia did launch an intercontinental ballistic missile toward Ukraine, officials in Kyiv said after a Western official told ABC News that the attack did not appear to be an ICBM.
It was a ballistic missile which was aimed at Dnipro, the unnamed Western official said.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined to comment, saying questions about it should be instead directed to the Russian Defense Ministry.
Barney Davis21 November 2024 10:28
‘ICBM fired by Russia was an RS-26 Rubezh’ Ukriane claims
A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile that Ukraine says was fired at the city of Dnipro on Thursday was an RS-26 Rubezh, Ukraine’s Ukrainska Pravda media outlet reported, citing anonymous sources.
According to the Arms Control Association, the RS-26 has a range of 5,800 km.
Ukraine’s air force said earlier on Thursday that Russia had fired an ICBM at Dnipro without specifying the type of missile.
Barney Davis21 November 2024 10:05
Dnipro centre for war wounded damaged in Russian ICBM strike – mayor
Dnipro was the latest city to come under attack from Russia’s latest missile strike on Ukraine.
Borys Filatov the Mayor of Dnipro said on Telegram: “As a result of shelling, the building of the rehabilitation centre for the disabled was damaged.
“The boiler room was destroyed, the windows were broken. Information about people is being clarified.”
Barney Davis21 November 2024 10:05
I survived Nagasaki bombing – Putin has no idea of the horrors of nuclear war
Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning group representing survivors of the US atomic bomb attacks in 1945, tells Adam Withnall in Tokyo that civilisation as we know it is in imminent danger as Russia ramps up its sabre-rattling against the West over the invasion of Ukraine.
Barney Davis21 November 2024 09:50
In Pictures: Devastation at Dnipro after Kyiv claims Russia fired ICBM missile for first time
Barney Davis21 November 2024 09:49
Russia says it shot down two Storm Shadow missiles
Russian air defences shot down two British Storm Shadow cruise missiles, Russia’s defence ministry said on Thursday, news agency Interfax reported.
Images circulating online appear to show fragments of Storm Shadow missiles in Russia’s Kursk region – the border area into which Ukrainian forces staged a surprise assault in August, taking a swathe of territory they still hold.
Approval for the use of the weapons is believed to have been given in response to the deployment of more than 10,000 North Korean troops in Kursk alongside Russian troops, in what UK and US officials have warned is a major escalation of the war.
Barney Davis21 November 2024 09:25
Russia launches intercontinental ballistic missiles at Dnipro
Ukraine’s air defence forces shot down six Russian Kh-101 missiles in an early morning strike on the city of Dnipro.
For two hours from 5am on Thursday, Russia attacked Dnipro’s critical infrastructure, employing missiles of various types, Kyiv’s the Air Force reports.
Ukraine’s air defense forces intercepted six Kh-101 missiles adding that other missiles caused no significant damage.
Casualty reports are being verified, the report says which urged Ukrainians not to ignore air raid warnings.
“In particular, the Russians launched an intercontinental ballistic missile from Astrakhan region, a Mig-31K jet fired a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missile, and Tu-95MS strategic bombers launched seven Kh-101 cruise missiles from Volgograd region,” the Air Force said.
Barney Davis21 November 2024 09:15
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant faces blackout after Russian strike
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) faces another blackout after being struck by Russian missiles which severed the loss of one of its two power supply lines.
Ukraine’s Energy Ministry said: “As a result of enemy shelling, one of the two power lines of the occupied Zaporizhzhia was cut off. Currently, the station is connected to the Ukrainian power system by only one power transmission line.
“In case of disconnection of the last line at the Zaporizhzhia station, another complete blackout will take place. This is a serious violation of the conditions of safe operation and threatens the development of an accident.”
Minister of Energy Herman Galushchenko added: “For the second time this week, there is a real threat of a blackout at the Zaporizhzhia NPP due to Russian shelling.
“A meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors will be held in Vienna today, and we insist on the immediate full implementation of the resolution on the return of the occupied station to the control of Ukraine. This is the only way to guarantee the safe operation of the Zaporizhzhia NPP.”
Barney Davis21 November 2024 09:00
