Russia hits Ukraine with missile and drone attack
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A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fired from an underground silo on the country’s southern steppe Friday on a scheduled test to deliver a dummy warhead to a remote impact zone nearly 4,000 miles away. The missile didn’t even make it 4,000 feet.
On November 18, 2025, Ukraine confirmed firing U.S.-supplied ATACMS ballistic missiles at targets inside Russia—a development Kyiv characterized as a watershed moment in the conflict. The strike represents a fundamental change in operational scope: Ukrainian forces are no longer confining long-range strikes to their own territory but are now employing deep-strike capabilities against Russian rear-area infrastructure.
Ukraine said it destroyed one of Russia's Oreshnik missiles during a secret operation last year. Russia is believed to have only a few of the experimental intermediate-range ballistic missiles. One of these weapons was used to attack Ukraine in November 2024.
Russian missiles and drones pounded Ukrainian cities with “pure terror” overnight into Saturday, killing at least eight civilians and wounding 67 others, officials said. The capital city of Kyiv was hit with a ballistic missile attack that killed two ...
The existence of the 9M730 Burevestnik was first made official in early 2018 as a part of six new strategic weapons, including hypersonic and ballistic missiles and a nuclear-capable torpedo. The Russian Chief of General Staff, General Valery Gerasimov ...
MOSCOW — Russia tested a new nuclear-capable and powered cruise missile fit to confound existing defenses, inching closer to deploying it to its military, President Vladimir Putin said in remarks released on Sunday. The announcement, which followed years ...
Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine overnight into Saturday killed at least four people and wounded 20, officials said, and prompted fresh pleas from Ukraine's president for additional Western air defense systems. In the capital, Kyiv, two people ...
Russia has flown a nuclear-arm-capable cruise missile propelled by a nuclear engine. In a televised conference chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin the 15-hour flight of the 9M730 Burevestnik (NATO name SSC-X-9 Skyfall) was confirmed. It seems like ...