Russia fires new ballistic missile

PUTIN'S THREAT: 'WARNING' TO UKRAINE AND WEST

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Russia on Thursday fired an experimental missile at Ukraine in a clear warning of its capabilities, officials from Western governments said, even as they pushed back against Ukrainian claims of a more provocative action by Moscow.

Ukraine initially accused Russia of firing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in combat for the first time in history.

But a US official said Russia had not fired an ICBM but, rather, an "experimental" medium-range ballistic missile.

In an address late on Thursday, President Vladimir Putin confirmed Russia had used a new, experimental "hypersonic" medium-range ballistic missile named "Oreshnik" in an attack on Dnipro.