Maria Zakharova declined to comment on ICBM missile attack?
Russia attacked Ukraine's Dnipro city with ICBM missiles between 5 and 7 am on 21 November. The Russian spokesperson was addressing a press conference regarding this incident, when she got a call from the Kremlin in the middle of the press conference. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova refused to say anything about the ICBM missile attack after receiving a call from the Kremlin. Probably she was stopped from speaking on this issue by the Kremlin. But her secret was revealed when she realized that her mic was left on.
How did the press conference go?
The caller told the Russian spokesperson at the press conference to keep quiet about the missile attack in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro that involved the "Yuzhmash" aerospace plant. He continued, "We are not commenting on the Yuzhmash ballistic missile attack, which Western countries have started talking about."
What is known so far about the Russian attack on Ukraine?
News agency Reuters quoted a source in a media outlet based in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv as saying that russia fired its RS-26 Rubezh missile at a distance of 5,800 kilometers inside Ukrainian territory. However, the missile was not equipped with any nuclear weapon. According to the Center for Strategic and international Studies (CSIS), the RS-26 was first successfully tested in 2012 and is estimated to be 12 meters long with a weight of 36 tons. At present, there is no confirmed data on how many people have been killed in this attack.
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