Vladimir Putin launches ’revenge attack’ after Ukraine strikes Russian site with UK missiles
Officials claimed Russian troops launched an ICBM at Ukraine - an unconfirmed report that, if verified, would mark the munitions’ first battlefield deployment on the invasion front
Vladimir Putin has launched a revenge attack on Ukraine after the country hit a Russian site using British-made missiles.
Ukrainian authorities said this morning that the Russian military launched an attack on Dnipro using multiple types of missiles, including an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), reportedly the first used on the battleground. In a post on Telegram, Ukraine’s armed forces said the attacks rained down on "enterprises and critical infrastructure" in the western city during a two-hour raid.
The attack comes following a raid on a Russian military installation on Wednesday carried out by Ukraine using British-made Storm Shadow missiles. The account reported: "On the morning of November 21, 2024, between 5am and 7am, Russian troops attacked the city of Dnipro (enterprises and critical infrastructure) with missiles of various types.
"In particular, an intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation, an Kh-47M2 ’Kinzhal’ aeroballistic missile from a MiG-31K fighter jet, and seven Kh-101 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS strategic bombers (launch area - Volgograd region) from the Tambov region."
The ICBM Ukrainian authorities believe was launched is the first reported on the invasion’s front in Eastern Europe, marking a new escalation in the conflict. It follows confirmed reports that Ukraine used Storm Shadow missiles to launch an attack on Russian territory on Wednesday, the 1,001st day of the invasion.
Sir Keir Starmer had signalled the day before that the UK government - which had already supplied the missiles and allowed their use on Ukrainian territory - would provide the country with "what it needs" to fend off Russian advances. The government has not outright confirmed that it allowed Ukraine to fire British-supplied missiles, with officials declining to comment citing operational reasons.
Ukraine has recently had to shoulder renewed Russian aggression
In the Commons earlier on Wednesday, Defence Secretary John Healey said: “Ukraine’s action on the battlefield speaks for itself." The latest apparent reprisal from Russia was defeated by the country’s air defences, with the Telegram post claiming they were intercepted "without significant consequences".
The post continued: "As a result of anti-aircraft combat, units of anti-aircraft missile forces of the Air Force destroyed six Kh-101 missiles. On other missiles - without significant consequences. Information about victims and victims has not yet been received. Once again, we ask citizens not to delay with air warning signals!
"And we call on all media people and bloggers to responsibly spread this or that information about the combat work of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and any threats to the Ukrainian state." Russian aggression has stepped up in recent days, with the move by the US and UK to lift a ballistic missile munitions ban leading to fears that the nation could carry out attacks on embassies in Kyiv. The US, Italy and Greece have all evacuated diplomats from their buildings in the Ukrainian capital.
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