Level Of Nuclear Threat From Russia Assessed As Low - Ukraine's Defense Intel
Date
11/22/2024 9:13:20 AM
(MENAFN- UkrinForm) The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Defense Ministry (HUR) sees as low the current level of threat of Russia's using a tactical nuclear weapon.
This was reported by Vadym Skibitsky, deputy head of the HUR, who spoke in a comment to journalists on the sidelines of the expert discussion "Genocidal practices of the Russian Federation in Ukraine: from the Holodomor to the Russo-Ukrainian war," an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
"The nuclear threat persists. It hasn't gone anywhere. If there are carriers and there's a nuclear warhead, the threat exists. The level of this threat can be either high or low. Currently, it is low. We are monitoring everything related to this," he said.
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As Ukrinform reported earlier, referring to the Ukrainian Air Force, on the morning of November 21, the Russians launched an intercontinental ballistic missile, the Kinzhal, and seven Kh-101 cruise missiles at the city of Dnipro, while Ukraine's air defense forces intercepted six Kh-101 missiles.
Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin said that the Russian army hit Dnipro with a medium-range ballistic missile, Oreshnik, allegedly in response to the use of American and British long-range missiles by the Armed Forces of Ukraine against targets inside Russia.
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The same day, the White House said the United States assessed the latest Russian missile strike on Dnipro as the launch of a medium-range ballistic missile, and noted that it had helped Ukraine, its allies, and partners prepare for it.
The HUR stated Russia launched a strike on Dnipro, using a ballistic missile likely from the Kedr missile complex.
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