Russia fires ICBM at Ukrainian city in latest missile escalation, Kyiv says

Russian forces launched an intercontinental ballistic missile at the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, Ukraine’s air force said Thursday — an attack that, if confirmed, would represent a dramatic intensification in the missile war between the two nations.

The strike comes two days after Ukrainian forces fired U.S.-made ATACMS into Russia for the first time, following a lifting of restrictions on their use inside Russia by the Biden administration. In addition, Russia reported that British-made Storm Shadow missiles were fired into its territory Wednesday.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said in its daily report Thursday that its air defense systems “shot down two U.K.-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles,” but it did not provide any further details.

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