Russia may strike Ukraine with a ballistic missile soon

A US intelligence assessment has concluded that Russia may use its devastating new medium-range ballistic missile against Ukraine again in the coming days, a US official said on Wednesday. US officials see the use of the experimental Oreshnik missile as an attempt at intimidation rather than a game-changer on the Ukrainian battlefield.

New security aid to Ukraine

This threat comes at a time when both sides are working to gain a field advantage in the war that has been ongoing for nearly 3 years, which President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to end.
Just a few days after the United States promised to provide new security aid to Ukraine worth nearly a billion dollars…
Other Western allies have proposed starting negotiations to end the war this winter.

A few missiles

The US official said Russia only has a small number of these missiles, and they carry a smaller warhead than other missiles Russia regularly fires at Ukraine.

Russia launched this missile for the first time in a missile attack last November 21 on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.
A video clip taken by surveillance cameras of the attack showed huge fireballs that penetrated the darkness and hit the ground at amazing speed.

Putin warns the West

Hours after this attack on a military facility, Russian President Vladimir Putin took the rare step of appearing on national television to brag about the new supersonic missile.

The West has warned that its next use could be against Ukraine’s NATO allies who have allowed Kiev to use their longer-range missiles to bomb Russia’s rear.

Two women were recovered from under the rubble

Ukrainian authorities said on Wednesday that rescue teams had pulled two women from under the rubble.
This came several hours after a Russian missile fell on a medical clinic in southern Ukraine, killing 9 people and wounding 22 others.
Ukrainian emergency services said that the two women called rescue services to inform them that they had been trapped in the rubble for 7 hours after the attack that occurred late Tuesday in Zaporizhya.
This is with the continuation of deadly Russian strikes on civilian areas during the war that has been going on for nearly 3 years.