New ballistic missile used by Russia to strike Dnipro on 21 November had no explosives and caused no destruction – Bild
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Sat, 23 Nov 2024 11:52:34 +0200
A journalist for the German tabloid Bild has suggested that the new Russian ballistic missile that struck the city of Dnipro on 21 November was a test version of the RS26 missile, and contained no explosives.
Source Julian Rpcke, Senior Editor for German tabloid Bild Details Rpcke has reportedly studied various videos of the attack on the Pivdenmash plant in Dnipro.
Pivdenmash plant is a leading Ukrainian company that produces rocket and space technology and technologies for defence, scientific and economic purposes ed.
He believes the Russians used a modified version of the RS26 Rubezh missile in the strike.
Quote from Rpcke Multiple surveillance cameras captured what are known as submunitions, i.e.
an RS26 reentering the lower atmosphere.
This horrific footage shows six missiles falling from the sky through the clouds.
The peculiarity is that it was a decoy with the same mass and size, which was supposed to simulate a nuclear charge.
This confirms it was a propaganda and political move, not a military one.
There was no nuclear charge or explosives inside, which is why the damage was minimal.
We dont see explosions in the videos of the attack, only kinetic energy from a fall from a height of several hundred kilometres.
Background Ukraines Air Force noted that during the latest missile attack on the city of Dnipro, Russia used an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Ukrainska Pravda sources reported that it could have been a Rubezh missile, a potential carrier of nuclear warheads.
However, two Western officials told Reuters that preliminary data did not confirm the use of an intercontinental ballistic missile by Russia.
In his Thursday address, Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin indirectly confirmed US reports, stating that during the morning attack on Dnipro on 21 November, Russia used the Oreshnik mediumrange missile.
The United States officially confirmed that on the morning of 21 November, Russia struck Dnipro with a ballistic missile based on the RS26 Rubezh intercontinental ballistic missile.
On 22 November, Defence Intelligence of Ukraine stated that Russia had attacked Ukrainian territory using a ballistic missile, likely from a Kedr missile system, on 21 November. Support UP or become our patron
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