Russia fired an experimental, medium-range ballistic missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday in response to Kyiv's earlier missile strikes on Russian territory, dictator Vladimir Putin said.

The missile appeared to have greater range and speed than previous weapons Russia has used in the war, weapons experts said.

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The new ballistic missile fired by Russia struck a military-industrial facility in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, but its real mission was delivering a deadly new message to NATO.Hours after Thursday’s strike touched off a debate over whether the Ukrainian plant wa...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia tested a new intermediate-range missile in combat conditions on Ukraine.

U.S. alerted Ukraine and other allies and partners ahead of Russia's attack on Dnipro, where it used medium-range Oreshnik ballistic missile, not an ICMB, to target Ukraine's "defense industry."

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Since Moscow launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Kyiv has complained that it is defending itself with one arm tied behind its back in the face of Russia's full might. While Western partners like the United States provided billions of dollars in weapons, Ukraine was prevented from using them to strike deep into Russian territory, where Moscow's war machine largely sat out of ...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday Russia hit a Ukrainian aerospace plant with an experimental hypersonic ICBM in the first use of the nuclear-capable missile against Ukraine.

Russia fired an intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine on Thursday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia fired a new, non-nuclear intermediate-range ballistic missile at Ukraine, part of a wide-ranging TV address that sharply criticized the U.S. for escalating the war. Putin said Russia had refrained from firing intermediate-range missiles but decided to carry out the test on Thursday after the U.S. allowed...

Everybody should calm down.

What You Need to Know: Despite the growing defense ties between Russia and China, a joint collaboration on the Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jet appears highly unlikely. While China benefits from Russian arms and technology, its advancements in aerospacedemonstrated by its domestically produced J-20 Mighty Dragon and J-35A stealth fightershave surpassed Russias offerings.

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the U.S. and Ukraines other partners that the weapon could be deployed against their interests as well.

The Biden administration is ramping up its economic pressure on Russias financial sector, sanctioning dozens of banks.