– The Russian side warned the Americans about the launch “Oreshnik” missile via an automatic message – quotes the spokesman Kremlin Dmitri Pieskow state agency TASS.
According to the representative Vladimir Putin Russian National Center for Nuclear Threat Reduction “automatically” sent a message to the services in United States “30 minutes before the scheduled start”.
Russia attacked in Ukraine. The US confirms the Kremlin's claims
Peskov's theorems confirmed Washington. – The United States knows about the launch by Russia on Thursday of medium-range ballistic missiles towards Ukrainy and in the last days informed Ukraine and its alliesto help them prepare, the spokeswoman said White House Karine Jean-Pierre.
At the same time, she emphasized that Russia bears responsibility escalation of the conflictincluding through involvement in military operations soldiers from North Korea.
Will the US change its policy? “We see no reason”
– Escalation at every step comes from Russia, said Jean-Pierre, adding that the United States they warned Moscow against engaging “another country from another part of the world” in war.
The spokeswoman assured that outgoing president Joe Biden will continue “increasing” aid to Ukraine in the last months of the term. – Russia is the one who escalates. We will continue to support Ukraine as it pushes back against this aggression, she said.
She also noted that the United States does not see “no reason”to change your position or nuclear doctrine in response to the changes announced by Russia. Jean-Pierre described Putin's move “irresponsible rhetoric”. “We see no reason to change our position or doctrine on the nuclear program in response to Russia's statements,” she said.
Attack on the Dnieper. What did the Russians attack with?
Vladimir Putin he said earlier that Russia carried out test of a new type of medium-range hypersonic missile directing it against a Ukrainian city Dnieper. According to Moscow, it was not equipped with a nuclear warhead.
The Ukrainian Air Force initially said Russia used it intercontinental missile. Then he repeated this information Volodymyr Zelensky. Kiev said the missile was fired from the Astrakhan Oblast in Russia. Such a missile has the ability to carry nuclear charges and its range is up to 6,000 km. km. The rocket fell near the city of Dnieper in the south-eastern part of Ukraine.
American media, as well as the Reuters agency, citing US officials, reported that the missile used to strike the Dnieper plant appeared to be medium-range ballistic missile. As it was added, it was a “new type” of missile, monitored by Washington for some time. These reports appeared before the White House confirmed that Russia had used this type of weapon against Ukraine.