The Sarmat is a new heavy intercontinental ballistic missile which Russia is expected to deploy with ten or more warheads on each missile
Russia has test-launched its new intercontinental ballistic missile - which Vladimir Putin has boasted can overcome any defence system.
And the Russian president has said the weapon would provide"food for thought" for those who try to threaten his country. The Russian defence ministry was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying:"The launch's objectives were fully attained. The planned performance specifications were confirmed throughout all phases of the flight."
The Pentagon insisted Russia had informed the US ahead of test and that it saw it as"routine and not a threat toThere have been desperate new efforts to open an evacuation corridor for trapped civilians in the ruined city, a key battleground in Moscow's drive to seize the country's industrial east.
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