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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Ukraine says Russia has launched an ICBM in an attack for the first time in the war

Russia Ukraine War - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Ukraine says Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile overnight targeting Dnipro city in the central-east of the country, which, if confirmed, would be the first time Moscow has used such a missile in the war.

In a statement Thursday on the Telegram messaging app, Ukraine's air force did not specify the exact type of missile, but said it was launched from Russia’s Astrakhan region, which borders the Caspian Sea.

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