Yes, apparently Ruzzia has used an ICBM, with no nuclear warhead of course. I guess that is to showcase that they have... ICBMs, a technology from the 50s and can launch them... like everyone knows they can since the 50s. Only difference here, these can be detected much more easily than cruise, albeit they are quite difficult to intercept.
According to Putin, it was mid range ballistic missile, not ICBM:
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-launches-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-attack-ukraine-kyiv-says-2024-11-21/It was response after Ukraine's attack in Russian territory using Western missiles. It's supposed to be a warning, showing what Russia can do. But INO, we didn't saw anything what we didn't saw before. Most of their missiles like Kinzhal or Iskander can carry nuclear warheads
Don't you find it interesting that more than half of Ukrainians want negotiations, to end the war as soon as possible. But instead they are told to continue and escalate with ATACMS and then they need to brace for retaliation with ICBMs or medium range ballistics. It's like no one really cares what Ukrainian people want, others know better than them, and Ukrainians are just playing their roll in all of this. Not like they can even vote now
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I find it logical. After three years of war Ukrainians want to leave in peace. Now, what each of them understand as a negotiated peace may be quite different from what you think is a negotiated peace. I am not surprised, Trump is signalling that he is either less supportive or not supportive at all of continuing to help Ukraine and Ukraine on its own cannot match the numbers of Ruzzia. I guess that if the US were promissing unlimited and prompt support this would be looking very different.
And now... lets look a the Ruzzian polls... you would not want to cherry-pick right? You would never do that?
https://www.russiamatters.org/blog/poll-majority-russians-would-oppose-returning-land-even-if-putin-decides-return-it-part-peaceA majority of Russians would support ending hostilities and launching peace negotiations
The funny thing is that they want peace, but not giving anything for it. Still in their national supremacist mindset.
respondents favoring an end to Russia’s so-called special military operation and launching peace negotiations (54%) is greater than that of those who support continuing the operation (38%). However, when asked whether Russia should make concessions to Ukraine to end the military operation and sign a peace agreement, the share of those who answered “definitely or probably yes” was 20% in September 2024. In contrast, 70% were opposed, after fluctuating in the range of 70%–73% last year.
But we all know this does not matter in Ruzzia, you only need to poll one individual.
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It's logical that people in control of this continue escalations despite the will of the majority that has to bear the consequences, and they have no legal leverage to do anything about it? What the percentage of people must want negotiations and be ready to territorial concessions, for these escalations to become illogical for you?
Are you saying you were supporting all these sacrifices that Ukraine people had to endure, based solely on your hope of "unlimited and prompt support of US", really and that's after Afghanistan?
But we all know that once this stops, real losses have to be released on both sides, and people will start asking tough questions like who's responsible for this all, and what was the point of ignoring Russia's security concerns and why UA's government volunteered it's population for this exercise
While the contents of the Western responses were not released, U.S. and NATO leaders were clear that their responses did not make any concessions on several core Russian demands — such as blocking Ukraine from NATO — even if they are willing to discuss other concerns. Would you be interested in one side declassifying Russia security demands, and US and NATO's written responses in 2021?
We should make a poll, whether Zelenskiy will run to US or UK after negotiations?
He may, as far as I know he does not have an International Court of Justice order that would prevent him from going to any of these countries.
Ruzzia will never release real losses.
I think that if Ukrainians want to negotiate a peace, it should be negotiated, but that is not what you are saying I am afraid. You have a long history in this thread and every time you speak of peace and negotiation you are meaning surrender and when you say concessions you mean... surrender. It is basically the only thing you have been promoting until now.
I have not seen any poll saying that Ukraine should cease to exist and become Ruzzia's garden (thanks Branko for the name) and "territorial concessions" may simply be recognising that, as of today, it is not possible to recover Crimea. So back to 2014 illegal borders and bye.
So the problem is not negotiating, which has to eventually happen, the question is what is going to be negotiated. For example, you ask Ruzzians they tell you they want to negotiate by not giving anything. I wonder if some Ukrainians think that they should negotiate under those same terms.
Now, the time for negotiation will be after Trump starts governing (or doing Trump's version of governing). He said he would finish the war and I would like to see what is the magic plan. Do not take for granted it will be pleasant for Putin and do not take for granted there will not be an armed and protected country called Ukraine after whatever "negotiation".
Again, you may want to ask the people who are experts on the topic, rather than an AI known to hallucinate.
The Arms Control Association, founded in 1971, is a national nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to promoting public understanding of and support for effective arms control policies.
https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/arms-control-and-proliferation-profile-united-kingdom#:~:text=The%20United%20Kingdom%20does%20not%20possDelivery Systems
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM)
The United Kingdom does not possess ICBMs.
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British nuclear warheads are only deployed on submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs).
The United Kingdom maintains one type of ballistic missile system in its arsenal for delivering nuclear warheads: the U.S.-leased Trident II (D5) SLBM, which has an estimated range of roughly 7,400-12,000 kilometers.
Again, you are looking into the wrong sources. Everybody knows there were two Trident tests failed - it is the thing about public TV just as...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-icbm-test-launch-failed/World Russia's test launch of ICBM known as Satan II appears to have failed
Again, keep displaying numbers... it is irrelvant. Either you risk it or not, either you think article 5 does not trigger or it does, either you think the US will not honour the part of their nuclear policy that clearly includes "... their allies" or not....
If somehow you are trying to scare the West into inaction, that ship has sailed and sunk.