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Kremlin says hypersonic missile strike on Ukraine was a warning to the west

The Kremlin said on Friday that a strike on Ukraine using a newly developed hypersonic ballistic missile was designed to warn the west that Moscow will respond to moves by the US and the UK to let Kyiv strike Russia with their missiles.

According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), the Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, was speaking a day after Russian president, Vladimir Putin, said Moscow had fired the new missile – the Oreshnik or ‘hazel tree’- at a Ukrainian military facility.

Peskov said Russia had not been obliged to warn the US about the strike, but had informed the US 30 minutes before the launch anyway. Putin remained open to dialogue, Peskov said.

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[–] menemen@lemmy.ml 23 points 13 hours ago

First ICBM ever used in conflict according to some military bloggers on twitter Twitter.

[–] grid11@lemy.nl 6 points 12 hours ago

how sad is that

[–] myself@lemmy.ml 17 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Honey wake up, Russia's weekly nuke threat just dropped

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 28 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Hey wake up, an ignorant wasp is once again trivializing the threat of nuclear holocaust.

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