Ukrainian officials say an experimental new ballistic missile fired by Russia at Dnipro last week carried multiple warheads but no explosives. The missile caused minor damage upon hitting its targets in Ukraine’s east, two officials said, because it was carrying dummy warheads.
Vladimir Putin has called the Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile strike a successful test and said it reached its target – a missile and defence facility.
Earlier, Downing Street rejected Russia’s “baseless” allegations that an expelled British diplomat in Moscow was a spy. The Russian FSB security service named the diplomat, whose photo was splashed across TV news bulletins, as Edward Wilkes and alleged he had intentionally provided false information when he entered Russia – a claim disputed by the UK Foreign Office as “malicious and baseless”.
And Ukraine is withdrawing around 100,000 faulty 120mm mortar shells from the frontline after multiple reports of them misfiring. The supply of defective shells is being investigated by an interdepartmental commission, Ukraine’s defence ministry said.
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