In a show of strength two months into its assault on Ukraine, Russia test-launched a new nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile which President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday would make Moscow’s enemies stop and think.
Highlights
- Russia test-launched a new nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile which President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday would make Moscow’s enemies stop and think.
- Putin was shown on TV being told by the military that the long-awaited Sarmat missile had been test launched for the first time from Plesetsk in northwest Russia and hit targets in the Kamchatka peninsula, nearly 6,000 km (3,700 miles) away.
- Russia has yet to capture any major cities since it sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine on Feb.
- Russia’s nuclear forces will start taking delivery of the new missile “in the autumn of this year” once testing is complete.