Zakharov was warned about an interconinental missile strike on Dnipro right during the briefing (video)
21 November 2024 13:34
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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova allegedly accidentally “leaked” a phone conversation with her Kremlin superiors. It happened during a briefing, according to "Komersant Ukrainian"
Answering questions from journalists from the podium during the briefing, Zakharova for some reason decided to answer a phone call right in front of the microphones. This happened after it became known that a Russian strike on the Dnipro was allegedly carried out by a Rubizhne intercontinental ballistic missile.
“Pivdenmash was hit by ballistic missiles, which the Western media started talking about – don’t comment at all,”
– masha was told, and she agreed and thanked them.
This morning, Russia carried out another shelling, hitting the Dnipro with a Rubizh intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads. Numerous videos of the strike are available online.
The video shows how the warhead of the missile splits into six dynamic units that hit the target autonomously just before impact.
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“Rubezh”
The RS-26 Rubezh is a Russian solid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that can be equipped with individually guided thermonuclear warheads. Developed by the Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering, it is based on the RS-24 Yars missile and has a reduced design with fewer stages. First successfully tested in 2012, it is capable of carrying the Avangard hypersonic vehicle.
The missile has drawn criticism over suspected violations of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Its tests showed the ability to reach a range of more than 5,500 km, although it was subsequently tested at much shorter distances. “Rubizh is seen by Russia as a tool to deter NATO from defending its Eastern European allies, posing a threat to Western European countries.
In 2018, the project was frozen until 2027, and resources were directed to the development of Avangard.
The Russians claim that there is virtually no effective defense against this missile. However, this is not entirely true. For example, the American THAAD missile defense system is theoretically designed for this very purpose. However, in practice, it has so far only had one successful combat use against a Houthi intermediate-range ballistic missile in 2022.
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