The final hours of the war between Ukraine and Russia are frenetic. In a few days, those of Zelensky attacked with long-range US and British missiles Russian soil, after receiving the Biden endorsement; from Moscow, they responded with the change of nuclear doctrine, the launch of a hypersonic ballistic missile on critical infrastructure and businesses in the city of Dnipro and with an increase of almost 25% in Defense spending for the next three months.
However, although Putin’s response has already shocked the West, the “fear”, as Defense Minister Margarita Robles called it, could be even greater in the event that Russia decides to use its best armed, intercontinental ballistic missiles. Experts are not able to specify the number of soldiers available to the Russian army. It is estimated that approximately Moscow would have at its disposal 1,000 copies available. What they are sure of is that can reach the United Statescarry a nuclear warhead of up to 800 kilograms and be capable of traveling at 30,000 kilometers per hour.
Precisely, in the last hours Ukraine accused Russia of using one of them during their attack on Dnipro. An accusation which seems false, according to the States and, above all, Putin denied it. However, if the Russian president wants to use his arsenal of heavy weapons, he has a choice: medium and long range, intercontinental and hypersonic missiles. The latter are capable of hitting Ukraine in seconds; Their range is at least 18,000 kilometers.
