The Russians allegedly launched a Satan 2 missile during Biden’s visit to Ukraine, according to the US
CNN released a startling report Tuesday night , alleging, based on two unnamed US officials, that Russia conducted a provocative test of ICBMs while President Biden was in Ukraine on Monday.
Sources say the US believes the ICBM test has 'failed' – however, no explanation or details have been provided for the claim, other than Putin simply not mentioning the test in his big speech on Tuesday in Moscow.
“Russia has notified the United States of the launch in advance across deconfliction lines, an official said. Another official said the test did not pose a risk to the United States and that the United States did not view the test as an anomaly or an escalation,” writes CNN.
Officials described it as a test of the heavy-duty SARMAT missile – dubbed in the West "Satan II" – with nuclear capability.
The following are perhaps dubious “evidence” of the test's alleged failure, as highlighted by CNN: It has been tested successfully in the past, and if this worked, US officials believe Russian President Vladimir Putin would have pointed out the test in his State of the Nation address on Tuesday.
Instead, Putin made no mention of the launch in the hour-and-45-minute speech. However, he has formally declared that Russia will suspend his country's participation in the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty with the United States, jeopardizing the last remaining pact that regulates the world's two largest nuclear arsenals.
If Russia wants to send a sensational and threatening message, the possibility remains that the video of the launch of the SARMAT missile will be released in the course of the week, if at all. Because it wouldn't be the first time that official sources have proved unreliable
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