La fuerza aérea de Ucrania dice que Rusia lanzó un misil balístico intercontinental desde su territorio como parte de un ataque el jueves por la mañana.
Es la primera vez que Moscú utiliza un arma de este tipo en la guerra. La declaración de Ucrania no deja claro cuál fue el objetivo del misil balístico intercontinental y si causó algún daño.
Se produce después de que Ucrania disparara por primera vez misiles Storm Shadow de largo alcance suministrados por el Reino Unido contra objetivos dentro de Rusia.
UK Defence Secretary John Healey says Russia has been looking to hit Ukraine with a ballistic missile “for months”.
ReplyDelete“There are unconfirmed but media reports today of Russia firing a new ballistic missile into Ukraine, which we know they have been preparing for months,” he told a parliamentary cross-party defence committee.
A spokesman for France’s Foreign Ministry says he cannot confirm Russia had launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) against Ukraine, adding that such a development would be a serious escalation if reports are true.
ReplyDeleteReuters is quoting two anonymous Western officials as saying Russia did not use an intercontinental ballistic missile during the attack on Dnipro.
ReplyDeleteThe officials said the assessment was based on initial analysis and left open the possibility the conclusion could change, the news agency reported.
A US official has reportedly said that Russia launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile, and not an ICBM, during the attack on Dnipro, contradicting the official account from Ukraine.
ReplyDeleteThe official, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said the assessment was based on initial analysis.
AFP also quoted a US official as saying that the Russian strike involved an “experimental” medium-range ballistic missile.
ReplyDelete“Russia may be seeking to use this capability to try to intimidate Ukraine and its supporters … but it will not be a game changer in this conflict,” the official told the news agency.
A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) 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.
ReplyDeleteAccording to defense sources, however, there are doubts as to whether the weapon used was the RS-26 Rubezh, and said that an accurate assessment based on the available imagery would be difficult.
Ukraine’s foreign ministry on Thursday called on the international community to react swiftly to Russia’s use of a “new type of weaponry”, though he stopped short of saying it was confirmed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile.
ReplyDeleteМинобороны России сообщает об уничтожении в воздухе двух крылатых ракет Storm Shadow британского производства.
ReplyDeleteКроме этого, наши зенитчики уничтожили шесть реактивных снарядов системы HIMARS и 67 беспилотных летательных аппаратов самолетного типа.
Также отмечено, что наступающие подразделения группировки войск «Юг» освободили населенный пункт Дальнее на территории Донецкой Народной Республики.
Использование Киевом британских ракет производства Storm Shadow для ударов по территории РФ говорит о прямой вовлеченности Лондона в украинский конфликт. Об этом заявил российский посол в Великобритании Андрей Келин.
ReplyDeleteНеназванный американский чиновник со ссылкой на некие "предварительные данные" утверждает, что россия запустила сегодня по Украине якобы баллистическую ракету средней дальности, а не межконтинентальную (МБР)
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