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The Russian Defense Ministry said it used Kinzhal ballistic missiles and drones to strike energy infrastructure and warehouses storing long-range drones in western Ukraine.

The official also said the attack showed how "the Russians have started using significantly more ballistic missiles".

Russia launched vast numbers of ballistic missiles at Ukraine in October - some 268 in all, the highest monthly total since the full-scale invasion, according to analysis published by the Oboz news site.

The First Offset, went the argument, had been the use of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles to counterbalance the Soviet advantage in men and tanks in the early Cold War.

The US military said on Friday it was "consulting closely" with allies and partners following North Korea's latest ballistic missile launch.