An attempt to flex his muscles just before Joe Biden showed up alongside Zelensky in Kiev. According to CNN, several US officials say Moscow has…
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An attempt to flex his muscles, just before Joe Biden appeared alongside Zelensky a Kyiv. According to CNN, several US officials say so Fly made a ICBM test in recent days, just before the US President’s visit to Ukraine on Monday. According to the same sources cited by the American broadcaster, the United States had been warned (just as Moscow had been warned about Biden’s trip).
However, the test of the Sarmat missile, nicknamed Satan II, would have failed. Fly informed the United States in advance of the launch across the conflict resolution lines. Another official said the test poses no risk to the US and is not considered an escalation. president Putin he did not mention the launch in his speech yesterday. The Sarmat carries nuclear warheads.
The test (failed) and US-Russia communications
The timing of the test suggests the United States and Russia communicated through different channels earlier in the week for conflict resolution purposes. US officials informed Russians on Sunday evening, hours before Biden’s visit to Kiev, that the president would travel to the Ukrainian capital, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Monday. The Sarmat missile has already been successfully tested in the past: According to US officials, Russian President Vladimir Putin would have emphasized this in his State of the Union address yesterday if the test had been successful on Monday. Instead, Putin did not mention the launch. CNN originally reported that the test took place while Biden was in Ukraine, based on information from some sources, but one of the officials later said the test took place shortly before Biden was in the country. And a second source said the test had been carried out on Monday, without giving a more precise date.
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