{"id":12590,"date":"2024-11-21T19:19:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T13:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=12590"},"modified":"2024-11-21T19:19:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T13:34:27","slug":"zelensky-says-crazy-russia-using-ukraine-as-testing-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/zelensky-says-crazy-russia-using-ukraine-as-testing-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky says &#8216;crazy&#8217; Russia using Ukraine as &#8216;testing ground&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin was using Ukraine as a weapons-testing ground, accusing Moscow of having apparently launched an armed intercontinental ballistic missile at his country.<\/p>\n<p>If confirmed, it would be the first use of such a weapon in conflict in history, and a sharp escalation of the fighting in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All the characteristics &#8212; speed, altitude &#8212; correspond to an intercontinental ballistic missile. Expert examinations are underway. It is obvious that Putin is using Ukraine as a testing ground,&#8221; Zelensky said in a video posted on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Intercontinental ballistic missiles are designed to carry nuclear warheads and have a minimum range of 5,500 kilometres (3,400 miles).<\/p>\n<p>Sources and experts told AFP, however, it was &#8220;obvious&#8221; the missile that struck Ukraine did not carry a nuclear charge, which indicates Russia launched it mainly for political effect.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky accused Putin of doing &#8220;anything to prevent his neighbour from escaping his grasp&#8221; as the war stretches into its third year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, our crazy neighbour has once again shown who he really is and how he despises dignity, freedom and human life in general. And how afraid he is,&#8221; Zelensky said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin was using Ukraine as a weapons-testing ground, accusing Moscow of having apparently launched an armed intercontinental ballistic missile at his country. If confirmed, it would be the first use of such a weapon in conflict in history, and a sharp escalation of the fighting in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12590"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12590"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12591,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12590\/revisions\/12591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}