Russia still warned the US about the use of an intercontinental ballistic missile against Ukraine shortly before the launch
Deputy Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said that Russia had warned the United States about the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine before it launched.
Here's What We Know
Yesterday, on 24 November, the Russian Federation launched a new intermediate-range ballistic missile at the Dnipro River. Comments suggest that the US was aware of this and warned Ukraine and its allies.
The Ukrainian military reported that the missile was launched from the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation. Social media showed footage of the strike by individual guidance units without warheads, indicating that the attack was purely kinetic.
Later that day, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that an experimental Oreshnik missile, developed on the basis of the RS-26 Rubizhne, had been used.
❗ Tonight, according to @KpsZSU, the Russians fired an intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine for the first time.
- Come Back Alive (@BackAndAlive) 21 November 2024
The video shows the morning of 21 November in Dnipro. pic.twitter.com/DR5bLyzbHC
This again refers to the nuclear tension between Russia and the United States. As a reminder, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) between the United States and Russia expired in August 2019. This treaty prohibited the parties from having missiles with a range of 500 to 5,500 kilometres.
The INF Treaty, along with START III, remained one of the key documents that regulated the nuclear weapons of the world's two largest nuclear powers. However, the United States and NATO have repeatedly accused Russia of violating the terms of the treaty, in particular through the development of the SSC-8 (9M729) missile, which is capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 1,500 kilometres.
Source: X
