The Russian strike on Ukraine on Thursday came in response to Ukrainian strikes on the Russian territory with U.S. and British missiles earlier this week, Putin said.
, and he warned that it could use the weapon against countries that have allowed Kyiv to use their missiles to strike Russia .
The attack comes in a week when tensions have repeatedly soared, as the U.S. eased restrictions on Ukraine’s use of American-made longer-range missiles inside Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin lowered the threshold for launching nuclear weapons.The Ukrainian air force said in a statement that the attack on Dnipro was launched from Russia’s Astrakhan region, on the Caspian Sea.
Ballistic missiles can have a range of anywhere from under 500 kilometers to over 5,500 kilometers in the case of intercontinental ones. “Ballistic” refers to the shape of their trajectory.Earlier this week, the Biden administration authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied, longer-range missiles to strike deeper inside Russia — a move that drew an angry response from Moscow.
The doctrine is formulated broadly to avoid a firm commitment to use nuclear weapons. In response, Western countries, including the U.S., said Russia has used irresponsible nuclear rhetoric and behavior throughout the war to intimidate Ukraine and other nations.
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