Intercontinental ballistic missiles are weapons designed to eliminate entire blocs of countries. Recently, such a missile allegedly fell on Ukraine. Since Ukraine received approval to use Western MGM-140 ATACMS aeroballistic missiles against targets in Russia (according to some sources,

Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed Podvig’s assertion Thursday afternoon, when he announced the weapon that struck Dnipro was an experimental medium-range ballistic missile called “Oreshnik.” MRBMs typically travel no farther than 600 miles.

Two days ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a change in the country's policy for employing nuclear weapons in conflict. Then, on Thursday, Russia attacked the Ukrainian city of Dnipro with a new type of ballistic missile capable of one day delivering multiple nuclear warheads to distant targets with little warning.