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The US was pre-notified briefly before the launch through nuclear risk reduction channels
The US official was quoted by Reuters as saying There are unconfirmed media reports today of Russia firing a new ballistic missile into Ukraine which we know they have been preparing for months".
In crunch talks today he said Britain and the UK is now directly involved in this war, because this firing cannot happen without Nato staff, British staff as well."
Andrei Kelin told Sky News Today, our crazy neighbour has once again shown who he really is and how he despises dignity, freedom and human life in general. And how afraid he is,
If true, clearly, this would be another example of depraved, reckless and escalatory behaviour from Russia."
Starmer's official spokesperson said The front line is now less stable than at any time since the early days of the full scale Russian invasion in 2022,
This payload is exclusively associated with nuclear-capable missiles,
Using these kinds of missiles, whether RS-26 or a true ICBM, in a conventional role does not make a lot of sense because of their relatively low accuracy and high cost,
The strike on Uzhmash with ballistic missiles, which Western media started to talk about, we don’t comment on it at all.”
During a news briefing on Thursday (21 November), Maria Zakharova was told 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,
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 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 The answer came during the briefing, the foreign ministry is not commenting, so there is no intrigue,
Russian state news agency Tass reported 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 have seen over recent weeks a significant change in the [Russian] action and the rhetoric on Ukraine
We remember the real price of freedom for Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an address today 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 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
