🇷🇺 🚀 🇺🇦 Russian Federation Strikes Ukraine with ICBM, First Time in Military History:
"The moment of impact of the Russian intercontinental ballistic missile on the Dnipro.
The missile has sub-warheads that strike separately during the approach, so in the video you see several "arrivals".
The use of ICBMs in a densely populated city is both an act of hysteria and intimidation on the part of complete degenerates." Via
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Reuters: "Ukrainska Pravda, a Kyiv-based media outlet, cited anonymous sources saying the missile [that struck Dnipro today] was an RS-26 Rubezh, a solid-fuelled intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 5,800 km, according to the Arms Control Association.
The RS-26 was first successfully tested in 2012, and is estimated to be 12 metres (40 ft) long and weigh 36 tons, according to the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). It said the RS-26 can carry an 800-kg (1,765-pound)nuclear warhead.
The RS-26 is classified as an ICBM under a nuclear arms reduction treaty between the United States and #Russia, but it can be seen as an intermediate-range ballistic missile when used with heavier payloads at ranges below 5,500 km, CSIS said.
The Russian missile attack targeted enterprises and critical infrastructure in the central-eastern city of #Dnipro, #Dnipropetrovsk region, the air force said.
#Ukraine's air force did not say what the ICBM targeted or whether it had caused any damage, but regional governor Serhiy Lysak said the missile attack damaged an industrial enterprise and set off fires in Dnipro. Two people were hurt.
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Russia's weekend missile strikes hit three of the five working thermal plants owned by Ukrainian power giant DTEK and one of them is still offline, an industry source said, illustrating the severity of the latest blow to the national grid.
DTEK, which is Ukraine's largest private power producer and which provided a quarter of the country's electricity needs before Moscow's February 2022 invasion, has been hammered by a campaign of aerial assaults that Russia renewed in March.
After a pause in major strikes on the grid, Russia fired a salvo of more than 200 missiles and drones on Sunday, reigniting concern about the already hobbled energy system as winter sets in. The first snow fell in Kyiv on Thursday.
Disclosing details of the damage to DTEK, the source said that three power stations were damaged, one was still completely offline and it was unclear how long it would take to fully repair them.
The source said the two facilities that were partially damaged had resumed partial power generation.
Energy officials announced on Monday there would be hours-long rolling blackouts across the country for the first time in months, bringing back memories of the first winter of the war when water and power outages sometimes lasted for days.
Ukrainian officials say that Russia has accumulated hundreds of missiles to conduct more attacks, but have cautioned against doom-laden forecasts that they say play into Russia's hands and create a sense of panic.
The source declined to disclose numbers concerning the loss in capacity, saying they were too sensitive.
Maxim Timchenko, DTEK's CEO, has said "severe damage" was caused on Sunday and appealed to Ukraine's Western allies to supply more air defences to prevent more destruction.
Prior to Sunday's attack, DTEK had restored about half the capacity it had before strikes began in March, the company has said previously.
DTEK has six thermal power plants on Ukrainian-held territory. But one of them, in the embattled eastern town of Kurakhove that Russian troops are closing in on, has been dismantled so the parts can be used to repair other facilities.
Thermal stations, fuelled by coal and gas, traditionally account for a third of the country's overall electricity needs, the core of which is provided by nine units at three nuclear power plants in territory controlled by Kyiv."–Reuters
Photos: Reuters
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