Russia-Ukraine War: Russia launches intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time, Ukraine makes big claim amid war

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Russia-Ukraine War: Russia launches intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time, Ukraine makes big claim amid war

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Ukraine said Russia attacked it with a massive information-psychological attack by spreading a fake warning, allegedly from Ukrainian military intelligence, about an imminent massive airstrike. The Main Intelligence Directorate said the message was fake, containing grammatical errors typical of Russian information and psychological operations.

Russia has launched an intercontinental ballistic missile from its southern Astrakhan region in a morning attack on Ukraine, Kiev’s air force said. This is the first time since the outbreak of the war that Russia has used such a powerful long-range missile. After the Joe Biden administration approved the provision of anti-personnel land mines to Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the US in a video address and said the mines were necessary to deter Russian attacks, The Guardian reports. .

Meanwhile, Ukraine said Russia attacked it with a massive information-psychological attack by spreading a fake warning, allegedly from Ukrainian military intelligence, about an imminent massive airstrike. The Main Intelligence Directorate said the message was fake, containing grammatical errors typical of Russian information and psychological operations. Ukraine has said that Russia used an intercontinental missile (ICBM) for the first time in war, targeting the Ukrainian city of Dnipro last night. It was not clear what type of missile was fired, but Ukraine’s air force said in a statement on Telegram on Thursday that it was fired from Russia’s Astrakhan region. The development comes as the war has taken a more international dimension with North Korean troops arriving to aid Russia on the battlefield.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the Biden administration will allow Ukraine to use US-supplied mines to help counter Russian aggression in the war. This statement of Austin has come at a time when the US Embassy in Kiev and the embassies of some Western countries remained closed during the day in fear of Russian air strikes. Speaking to reporters during a visit to Laos, Austin said the change in Washington’s policy on landmines for Ukraine was a result of Russia’s changing strategy. Austin said Russian troops are making advances on the ground battlefield, so Ukraine needs things that can help counter such an effort by the Russians. The Russian army is gradually pushing back the Ukrainian army in the eastern Donetsk region.

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