The spokesman for Russian diplomacy was instructed during a press conference not to comment on the attack against the Ukrainian city of Dnipro which, according to kyiv, was carried out this Thursday, November 21, with an intercontinental missile.
Maria Zakharova was interrupted by a phone call, according to the official video of this briefing broadcast live on YouTube by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Then we hear a deep voice speaking to him on the line.
“As for the ballistic missile attack on (the) Yuzhmash factory, which the West has started talking about. Don’t make any comments,” said his unnamed interlocutor, who did not mention an intercontinental missile.
“Yes, thank you,” María Zajárova responds, before hanging up and resuming her press conference.
A novelty in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict
The Pivdenmash (Yuzhmash in Russian) satellite manufacturing plant is located near the city center of Dnipro, in east-central Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Dnipro came under attack Thursday morning with several types of Russian missiles, including an intercontinental ballistic missile, for the first time in a conflict in history.
This weapon is designed to carry nuclear warheads and attack from thousands of kilometers away. Moscow has not yet commented on this accusation: the Russian military has remained silent, as has the Kremlin.
This use, if confirmed, would mark a new escalation, while Russia had said it was preparing an “appropriate” response to Ukraine’s use of Western missiles on Russian territory, which Moscow had described as a red line.
Source: BFM TV
