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Ukrainian intelligence identifies Russian Kedr missile system in Dnipro attack

The Russian intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) strike on the city of Dnipro on Nov. 21 was carried out by the Kedr (Cedar) missile system, Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) reported on Telegram the following day.

23 November 2024, 06:01 AM

Putin vows to ‘continue testing’ new ballistic missile

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin praised the “successful test” of Russian IRBM Oreshnik—referring to the attack on Ukraine’s Dnipro on Nov. 21—in a meeting with Russian military officials and arms manufacturers, state propaganda outlet TASS reported on Nov. 22.

23 November 2024, 01:57 AM

Ukraine looks for air defense systems to counter Russian IRBMs

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has instructed Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to negotiate transfers of air defense systems that are effective against Russian IRBMs (intermediate-range ballistic missiles), Zelenskyy said in his Nov. 22 evening address.

22 November 2024, 10:01 PM

ISW: Oreshnik IRBM strike lacks real escalation

The Russian strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro with an experimental Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) is a “demonstrative” escalatory gesture by the regime of Vladimir Putin that does not indicate a significant change in capabilities, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on Nov. 21.

22 November 2024, 10:11 AM

Russia used derivative of RS-26 Rubezh ICBM to attack Ukraine — Pentagon

The United States has verified that Russia used a variant of RS-26 Rubezh intermediate-range ballistic missile to strike Ukraine on Nov. 21, according to U.S. Department of Defense spokesperson Sabrina Singh.

22 November 2024, 02:04 AM

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