New York, February 22 Russia carried out a test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, which is believed to have failed and occurred moments before or during US President Joe Biden’s visit to Kiev, CNN said, citing US officials who did not identify themselves.
The US channel initially reported that the test took place when Biden was already in Ukraine, but one of the officials consulted corrected and later pointed out that the test took place before the president arrived in that country.
Another source consulted by the channel confirmed the test, which took place on Monday, although he did not specify the time of day it took place.
Russia notified the United States by telephone of its intention to carry out this test which, according to American sources, would not pose a risk to the United States.
Apparently, it was a test with a super-heavy SARMAT-type intercontinental missile, nicknamed Satan II by Western armies, capable of launching multiple nuclear warheads, although the test appears to have failed.
This projectile has already been successfully tested, and if it had gone well in this case, US officials believe Russian President Vladimir Putin would have highlighted the success of the test in his State of the Nation address on Tuesday. in Moscow.
According to CNN, the fact that Moscow informed Washington of the lawsuit and that they also spoke in advance of Biden’s surprise visit to Kiev would show that the two countries were “communicating through different channels earlier this week in an effort to avoid an escalation in the conflict”. ECE
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