Ukraine says Russia launched an intercontinental missile in an assault for the primary time within the struggle

LONDON — Russia on Thursday launched an intercontinental ballistic missile towards Ukraine, officers in Kyiv mentioned, however a Western official instructed ABC Information that the assault didn’t look like an ICBM.

It was as an alternative a ballistic missile, which was aimed toward Dnipro, in Ukraine’s southeast, the Western official mentioned.

The declare was not instantly confirmed by Moscow, with Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declining to remark, saying questions on it needs to be as an alternative directed to the Russian Protection Ministry.

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The launch of an ICBM, if confirmed, would arrive amid issues that the battle between Russia and Ukraine may escalate. Ukraine’s army this week first launched U.S.-made ATACMS missiles towards targets inside Russia, days after U.S. President Joe Biden allowed for such use of the long-range weapons.

The entire missiles have been launched in about two hours, starting at about 5 a.m., Ukraine mentioned.

All have been focused at companies and demanding infrastructure, however solely the missile that Ukraine recognized as an ICBM struck the town. The six different missiles have been shot down, Ukraine mentioned. There have been no studies of casualties or important injury, officers mentioned.

The launch of an ICBM, if confirmed, would arrive amid issues that the battle between Russia and Ukraine may additional escalate.

Ukraine’s army this week first launched U.S.-made ATACMS missiles towards targets inside Russia, days after U.S. President Joe Biden allowed for such use of the long-range weapons.

Inside hours of Russia saying it had struck down a few of these ATACMS missiles, the Kremlin introduced that Russian President Vladimir Putin had up to date the nation’s nuclear doctrine, a transfer that lowered the bar for a response with nuclear weapons.

ABC Information’ Joe Simonetti, Lauren Minore and Yulia Drozd contributed to this report.