Ukraine Hit by a Russian Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

UPDATE 22.11: According to Pentagon, it was not an ICBM, but an experimental Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile, though the design was derived from RS-26, which officially was classified as an ICBM, while some experts prefered to declare RS-26 itself as IRBM due to design & capability specifics.

While intercontinental missiles usually have nuclear warheads, this one had a conventional warhead. The missile made a flight of about 1,000 km, so much less than the standard range of intercontinental missiles.

Earlier, there had been speculation that the Russians would use the conventionally armed RS-26 Rubezh missile in retaliation for Ukraine’s agreement to make longer-range strikes on targets inside Russia using Western-made weapons. Yesterday, HUR and Western intelligence services warned of this attack, resulting in the temporary closure of some countries« embassies in Kyiv.