Russia uses a ‘new type’ of missile against Ukraine: What we know

This post was originally published on France24

There’s been varying reports regarding what missile hit the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday. Initially, Ukraine claimed that Russia hit Dnipro with an intercontinental ballistic missile, which would have been a clear sign of escalation from Moscow. These claims were quickly disputed by the US and later Russia, who say they used a ‘new type’ of conventional intermediate range missile. We explain in this edition of Truth or Fake.