Ukrainian army: Russia attacked Dnipro with an intercontinental ballistic missile

According to Isna, following the agreement of Ukraine’s western allies with the country’s use of long-range missiles such as the American “ATACMS” missiles and the British “Storm Shadow”, the war in Ukraine, which is in its third year, has entered a new phase of tensions. .

On Wednesday, the American Bloomberg media reported, citing an anonymous Western official, that Ukraine used British long-range “Storm Shadow” missiles to attack targets on Russian soil.

Before that, Kiev had used ATCOMS missiles to attack targets in Russia.

In response to these tense actions, in addition to changing its nuclear doctrine, Russia has launched a massive missile attack against Ukraine.

According to Ukrainian media reports, Russia launched a massive missile attack on the Dnipro region in Ukraine this morning – Thursday – using ballistic and cruise missiles.

According to the UN network, Ukraine’s air defense system shot down 6 Russian “X-101” cruise missiles and the other missiles did not cause “significant” damage. But according to this network, no information about the casualties caused by these attacks has been published.

In this regard, the Ukrainian army also claimed in a statement: “On the morning of November 21, 2024, between 05:00 and 07:00 in the morning, Russian forces attacked the city of Dnipro and its vital facilities with various missiles.” In particular, an ICBM was launched from the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation. One Kha-47M2 Kinzhal airborne missile was launched from the Tambov region from a MiG-31 fighter jet and seven X-101 cruise missiles from Tupolev 95 strategic bombers.

On the other hand, the Ukrainian army has demanded information censorship. “We call on all media professionals and bloggers to responsibly publish information about the combat performance of the armed forces and any threats against the government of Ukraine,” the Ukrainian Air Force said in a statement in response to the Russian attack.

Russian intelligence sources also announced that several missiles were fired towards Kiev and Dnipro.

According to the images published on the virtual networks, after the Russian missiles hit their targets, an emergency power outage has been created in the areas of Kiev, Odessa, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk.

Earlier, several Western countries, including the United States, closed their embassies in Ukraine for fear of Russian airstrikes.

These developments and the escalation of tension in the Ukraine war, while Russia has been warning the West for months that if Washington allows Ukraine to fire American, British and French missiles deep into Russia, Moscow will consider those NATO members directly involved in the Ukraine war. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in October that Moscow would respond to Ukrainian attacks with US-made weapons deep in Russia.

In this regard, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order to update the country’s nuclear doctrine on Tuesday.

An extensive list of contexts for Russia’s use of nuclear weapons, including retaliatory use of nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction against Russia or its allies; Aggression against Russia or Belarus using conventional weapons, which is a vital threat to their sovereignty; Credible information that ballistic missiles have been launched to attack Russia or its allies and that weapons of mass destruction have been used against Russian military installations and personnel stationed outside Russian territory.

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