A still image taken from a video provided by the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry shows the launch of ‘Yars’ intercontinental ballistic missiles at the Plesetsk cosmodrome to the Kura test range during training to test strategic deterrence forces Russians in Plesetsk, Russia, on October 26, 2022 The Russian military held a training session during which they practiced a massive nuclear strike in response to an enemy nuclear attack. Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, said that the Yars missile system of the Strategic Missile Forces, the Northern Fleet strategic missile submarine Tula and two Tu-95MS missile carriers were involved. in the training. (Attack, Russia, Rome) EFE/EPA/PRESS SERVICE OF THE RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Ukraine will ask USA to transfer weapons capable of shooting down intercontinental missiles, as they declared to the Ukrainian public agency, Ukrinformsources from the country’s Army.
“Ukraine does not have means capable of shooting down intercontinental missiles, but the Americans do. “Ukraine will appeal to the US for the transfer of this weaponry”said the sources cited by Ukrinform.
REFERENCE | A still image taken from a video provided by the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry shows the launch of ‘Yars’ intercontinental ballistic missiles at the Plesetsk cosmodrome to the Kura test range during training to test strategic deterrence forces Russians in Plesetsk, Russia, on October 26, 2022 The Russian military held a training session during which they practiced a massive nuclear strike in response to an enemy nuclear attack. Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, said that the Yars missile system of the Strategic Missile Forces, the Northern Fleet strategic missile submarine Tula and two Tu-95MS missile carriers were involved. in the training. (Attack, Russia, Rome) EFE/EPA/PRESS SERVICE OF THE RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
The weapons in question would be modernized Patriot air defense systems or Aegis missile systems, according to the sources.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported on Thursday a Russian attack with an intercontinental missile against Ukrainian territory.
The Russian president, Vladimir Putinrevealed hours later that the weaponry used in that attack was a newly created hypersonic ballistic missile that bears the name Oréshnik.
The use of this missile against Ukraine has been interpreted in kyiv and among the international community as a new escalation of the war by Putin, who warned that its launch is a response to Ukraine’s use of missiles against its territory. ATACMS y Storm Shadow from the USA and the United Kingdom. EFE (I)
