Ukraine to push for talks with partners on countering Russia’s new missiles, sources say
Illustrative photo: Ukraine will initiate talks with partners to find a countermeasure to Russia's new missiles (Getty Images)
Russia has only a limited number of such experimental missiles, such as the one that was launched along the Dnipro, according to a source in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to the source, the launch of this missile by the Kremlin was a demonstration step to intimidate and show the determination of its intentions.
It is also known that this missile is similar in type to the Yars missile system.
“The United States has systems that can shoot down such missiles, such as the THAAD system. Ukraine will initiate negotiations on trying to find a countermeasure to such weapons together with partners - either by obtaining appropriate systems capable of shooting them down or by modernizing Patriot systems,” the source says.
Russian missile strike on Dnipro
On the morning of Thursday, November 21, the Russian army struck the city of Dnipro, according to the Air Force, the first time Russia struck Ukraine with an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Later, the media wrote that the strike could have been caused by a Rubizh missile, read more in RBC-Ukraine's report.
And last night, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said in an address that Russia had launched an Oreshnik medium-range missile at Ukraine. This is probably the aforementioned Rubizh.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, Russia attacked Dnipro with a Kedr missile system.
