Russia has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine, the Ukrainian military says. President Zelenskyy has urged Ukrainians not to panic amid heightened fears of a Russian escalation.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova was told — in a phone call during a live press briefing — not to comment on reports of a ballistic missile strike on Ukraine on Thursday.
The AFP news agency reported that an unknown male voice told Zakharova, “On the ‘Yuzhmash’ ballistic missile strike that the Westerners have started talking about, we are not commenting at all.”
Ukrainian officials on Thursday said Russia fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at Ukrainian territory. Moscow has not commented on the accusation, which would represent a major escalation in the type of weapons it uses in its invasion of Ukraine.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on the possible ICBM attack, saying questions about it should be instead directed to the Russian Defense Ministry.
