Putin: We used a new type of ballistic robot
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the war in Ukraine has acquired "elements of a global conflict" after Ukraine attacked Russia with Western long-range missiles, Reuters reports.
- As a response to the Western aggression, we tested a new type of ballistic robot for medium distances, he says.
He adds that the attacks by Western robots against Russia will not affect the situation in Ukraine, and that he believes that Russia has the right to attack countries that use their weapons against them.
Analysis: Hardly a step towards nuclear war
If Russia fired a ballistic robot at Ukraine, it is a reaction to Western countries allowing Ukraine to shoot long-range robots at targets in Russia, writes DN's Michael Winiarski.
"It is not so likely that it is a first step towards a nuclear war."
The cost and limited number speak against Russia using intercontinental robots, he adds.
CNN's Nick Paton Walsh draws the same conclusion. It is a message to the West about Russia's capabilities, and hardly a major strategic change in a war that is currently going in Russia's favor, he writes.
"The key questions we don't have answers to yet are: What exactly was the robot, what is it capable of, and what did it accomplish?"
No matter what, it will have a noticeable effect if Russia managed to use a new type of robot to penetrate the Ukrainian air defenses, Paton Walsh continues.
Multiple sources: The robot was not intercontinental
Western sources have told several media outlets, including CNN, CBS, ABC and Reuters, that the ballistic missile that Russia fired at Ukraine was not intercontinental.
On X, Pavel Podvig, researcher and nuclear weapons expert, has also written that it is "unlikely" that it was an intercontinental robot that crashed in Ukraine.
That Russia would use such against Ukrainian targets so close does not seem logical, he writes according to Sky News.
Ukraine, which says it is the first time ICBMs have been used in the war, has been tight-lipped about the extent of the damage.
According to President Zelenskyi, the robot was "characteristic" of an ICBM.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the war in Ukraine has acquired "elements of a global conflict" after Ukraine attacked Russia with Western long-range missiles, Reuters reports.
- As a response to the Western aggression, we tested a new type of ballistic robot for medium distances, he says.
He adds that the attacks by Western robots against Russia will not affect the situation in Ukraine, and that he believes that Russia has the right to attack countries that use their weapons against them.
Analysis: Hardly a step towards nuclear war
If Russia fired a ballistic robot at Ukraine, it is a reaction to Western countries allowing Ukraine to shoot long-range robots at targets in Russia, writes DN's Michael Winiarski.
"It is not so likely that it is a first step towards a nuclear war."
The cost and limited number speak against Russia using intercontinental robots, he adds.
CNN's Nick Paton Walsh draws the same conclusion. It is a message to the West about Russia's capabilities, and hardly a major strategic change in a war that is currently going in Russia's favor, he writes.
"The key questions we don't have answers to yet are: What exactly was the robot, what is it capable of, and what did it accomplish?"
No matter what, it will have a noticeable effect if Russia managed to use a new type of robot to penetrate the Ukrainian air defenses, Paton Walsh continues.
Multiple sources: The robot was not intercontinental
Western sources have told several media outlets, including CNN, CBS, ABC and Reuters, that the ballistic missile that Russia fired at Ukraine was not intercontinental.
On X, Pavel Podvig, researcher and nuclear weapons expert, has also written that it is "unlikely" that it was an intercontinental robot that crashed in Ukraine.
That Russia would use such against Ukrainian targets so close does not seem logical, he writes according to Sky News.
Ukraine, which says it is the first time ICBMs have been used in the war, has been tight-lipped about the extent of the damage.
According to President Zelenskyi, the robot was "characteristic" of an ICBM.
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