Unverified reports circulating in Moscow on Friday afternoon claim a Ukrainian ballistic missile struck the city. Russian authorities assert the event was a supersonic boom from a Russian fighter jet. No independent confirmation of either claim is available.
Unverified reports circulated on Friday afternoon on Telegram channels, claiming that a Ukrainian ballistic missile had landed in Moscow. The Russian authorities immediately denied the claim, stating that the loud noise heard by residents was a supersonic boom from a Russian fighter jet. The reports remain unconfirmed by any independent source, and no visual evidence of a missile impact has been publicly released. If verified, this would mark the first known Ukrainian strike on the Russian capital, a significant escalation in the conflict. However, the single-source nature of the claim and the official denial strongly caution against treating it as factual at this stage.
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