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Major Global Developments: Escalations in Ukraine and Middle East Tensions

An Escalating Conflict: Russia Tests Nuclear-Capable Missiles

In a dramatic turn of events, Russia launched a ballistic missile at Ukraine's city of Dnipro, marking a significant escalation in the ongoing conflict. The attack targeted critical infrastructure, causing damage to an industrial facility and a rehabilitation center, and injuring two individuals. Russia initially claimed the missile was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), but U.S. officials disputed this, clarifying it was an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM).