Rhino: Agencies – A US official said on Thursday that his country is conducting a “careful analysis” of the experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile used by Russia in Ukraine, and downplayed the possibility that the new missile would “change the course of the war,” Alhurra reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Thursday that his forces struck Ukraine with a new medium-range hypersonic ballistic missile after targeting the city of Dnipro.

The official noted that “Washington has informed Kiev in recent days of Moscow’s possible use of ballistic missiles,” noting that Russia “may resort to using these capabilities to intimidate Ukraine and its allies and create a media sensation.”

Russia’s use of a new medium-range ballistic missile to bombard Ukraine has alarmed the international community, in a move that the United Nations described as “a new development of concern and concern. This is all going in the wrong direction.”

On Thursday, the Kremlin spokesman announced, as quoted by Russian news agencies, that “Moscow informed Washington 30 minutes before it launched a hypersonic ballistic missile at Ukraine.”