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The ICBM’s alleged deployment comes two days after Ukrainian forces used their first long-range U.S. ATACMS missiles to strike Russia — a move that Moscow had long warned would be met with a significant response.
The alleged escalation in the war follows President Vladimir Putin's revision of his country's nuclear doctrine — a document detailing the conditions under which Moscow would consider using nuclear weapons — earlier this week, with the change justifying a nuclear strike by Russia if attacked by a nonnuclear country that is supported by a nuclear state.