Russia pummelled Ukraine on Thursday with a wave of missile strikes on cities including Kyiv, Dnipro, and the Odesa and Kharkiv oblasts.
in what marked the largest attack on Ukraine since the war began in February.
"According to preliminary information, two cruise missiles have been shot down over Kyiv," the Kyiv city military administration said in a post onAbove, a Brahmos supersonic cruise missile is on display at the International Maritime Defence Show in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on June 28, 2017. A Russian cruise missile that was shot down over Kyiv on Thursday was reportedly equipped with a mock nuclear warhead.
Defense Express, citing unnamed sources, said that Russian forces took at least one X-55 from the country's nuclear arsenal,"unscrewed" the nuclear warhead from this missile and replaced it with an empty"block" that was fired over Ukraine. The outlet notes that the X-55 is a Soviet missile that was originally developed specifically as a carrier of nuclear weapons and that conventional and nuclear warheads differ structurally.
Russia may have done so because its cruise missile inventory is running critically low, according to Defense Express. The Kremlin could also be deliberately attempting to overload Ukraine's air defense systems, the publication said.has been unable to independently verify the claims and has reached out to Russia's defense ministry for comment.
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