US briefed Ukraine ahead of Putin's 'experimental Intermediate-range ballistic' attack

A U.S. authoritative connected Thursday confirmed to Fox News Digital that Ukrainian authorities were briefed up of the "experimental Intermediate-range ballistic" onslaught levied connected Dnipro by Russia overnight. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed the onslaught Thursday evening section clip successful an code to the federation and said it was successful nonstop effect to the U.S. and U.K. jointly approving Ukraine’s usage of Western-supplied long-range missiles to people Russia.

It remains unclear if determination were immoderate casualties successful the attack that was primitively reported arsenic an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), and which would person marked the archetypal clip specified a limb had been utilized during a clip of war, sending panic crossed the globe. 

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Putin and U.S. sources person since confirmed the onslaught was not an ICBM, but the Kremlin main besides claimed that the limb utilized poses a important situation for Western nations. 

"The missiles onslaught targets astatine a velocity of MACH 10. That's 2.5 miles per second," Putin said according to a translation. "The world's existent aerial defence systems and the rocket defence systems developed by the Americans successful Europe bash not intercept specified missiles."

Fox News Digital could not instantly verify whether the U.S. oregon its NATO allies are susceptible of defending against this latest missile, dubbed the Oreshnik. 

But according to 1 U.S. official, Putin whitethorn beryllium playing up his abilities successful a determination to intimidate the West and Ukraine. 

In this photograph taken from video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service connected Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, a Yars intercontinental ballistic rocket is test-fired successful northwestern Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

"While we instrumentality each threats against Ukraine seriously, it is important to support a fewer cardinal facts successful mind: Russia apt possesses lone a fistful of these experimental missiles," the authoritative told Fox News Digital. "Ukraine has withstood countless attacks from Russia, including from missiles with importantly larger warheads than this weapon.

"Let maine beryllium clear: Russia whitethorn beryllium seeking to usage this capableness to effort to intimidate Ukraine and its supporters, oregon make attraction successful the accusation space, but it volition not beryllium a game-changer successful this conflict," the authoritative added. 

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Following President Biden’s presumption reversal this week to let Ukraine to usage U.S.-supplied long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) against the Russian homeland, Kyiv instantly levied strikes against a subject arsenal successful the Russian portion of Bryansk, much than 70 miles from Ukraine’s border. 

While Ukrainian troops are the ones to officially occurrence the blase missiles, the weapons strategy inactive relies connected U.S. satellites to deed their people – an contented Putin touched connected successful his unannounced code Thursday. 

"We are investigating the Oreshnik rocket systems successful combat conditions successful effect to NATO countries' assertive actions against Russia. We volition determine connected the further deployment of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles depending connected the actions of the U.S. and its satellites," helium said.

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Firefighters enactment astatine the tract of a Russian rocket onslaught successful Dnipro, Ukraine, connected Nov. 21, 2024. (Press work of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine successful Dnipropetrovsk region/Handout via Reuters)

Putin claimed Russia volition alert Ukrainian citizens of an impending onslaught similar the onslaught helium carried retired connected Thursday, though it remains unclear if helium issued a informing to the Ukrainians surviving successful Dnipro. 

The Kremlin main said the "defense industry" was targeted, though images released by the Ukrainian ministry of defence showed what appeared to beryllium civilian infrastructure was besides caught successful the fray. 

The Washington Post connected Thursday reported that Russia told the U.S. of the impending attack, which corresponds with accusation obtained by Fox News Digital, but it is unclear if Moscow clarified which Ukrainian metropolis was the intended target.

A U.S. authoritative told Fox News Digital that the U.S. is committed to helping Ukraine bolster its aerial defence systems and has done truthful already by supplying Ukraine with hundreds of further Patriot and Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles.