💥 Attack

Russia launched an IRBM with MIRV warheads at Dnipro, nominally targeting the Yuzhmash facility but scattering sub-warheads across southern suburbs, killing two civilians.

Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk
Verified Independently confirmed by 7 sources
Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Post Ukrinform Institute for the Study of War UNIAN Kyiv Independent

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Source Reports

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Russia launched an IRBM with MIRV warheads at Dnipro, nominally targeting the Yuzhmash facility but scattering sub-warheads across southern suburbs, killing two civilians.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Russia used an intercontinental ballistic missile during a missile attack on the city of Dnipro on 21 November.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russia first used Oreshnik missile in strike on Dnipro on Nov. 21

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

On November 21, Russian forces launched an intercontinental ballistic missile, an air-launched ballistic missile Kinzhal, and seven Kh-101 cruise missiles toward Dnipro

Russian forces conducted a complex strike against critical infrastructure and industrial enterprises in Dnipro City using multiple missile types including an experimental medium-range ballistic missile with reentry vehicles

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Russia launched an ICBM at Dnipro on November 21, the first combat use of such a weapon in history

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

The RS-26 Rubezh missile was used in a test version without explosives, only simulating a nuclear charge with the same mass and dimensions

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

The missile caused minimal damage - no explosions, only kinetic energy from the fall from altitude

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Russia launched nine missiles, including a conventional ICBM, against Dnipro on the morning of Nov. 21

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

At least two people were injured and several buildings damaged in the attack

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.150Z

Source story: day-1004-2024-11-24