Russia has launched a nuclear-capable ballistic missile targeting the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday, evoking international concern.
The missile hit a military facility in Dnipro.
The U.S. Defense Department said it was an intermediate-range ballistic missile.
"I can confirm that Russia did launch an experimental intermediate range ballistic missile," deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh said during a briefing at the Pentagon. "This IRBM was based on Russia's RS-26 Rubezh intercontinental ballistic missile model. In terms of notifications to the United States, the United States was prenotified, briefly, before the launch, through nuclear risk reduction channels."
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