Vladimir Putin to launch ballistic missile in test that could reach UK as US lays out 22-point plan for Ukraine peace
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VLADIMIR Putin is planning to test the launch of a ballistic missile capable of striking the UK in a chilling threat to the West.
Ukraine's military intelligence said that Russia plans to launch an RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
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The GUR agency said it is a "training and combat" launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile to intimidate Ukraine and the West.
It added that the test launch was designed to 'demonstratively pressure and intimidate Ukraine, and also EU and Nato member states'.
The RS-24 Yars is a three-stage, solid-fuel ICBM that has a flight range of more than 6,200 miles - more than double the distance between Russia and the UK.
It is understood to be fired with a non-nuclear warhead from Russia's central Sverdlovsk region.
Meanwhile, the US presented Russia with a 22-point peace plan for the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire deal.
However, Vladimir Putin is understood to have refused to discuss the US-proposed peace plan.
A call between Putin and President Donald Trump is now being prepared, and both leaders are expected to talk on Monday.
It comes after Russia unleashed the "war's biggest drone attack" after Putin defied Trump's call to stop the "bloodbath".
A harrowing 273 exploding drones were fired across the Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions overnight.
Meanwhile, Putin bluntly told Trump to stop trying to dictate terms to him for a ceasefire and an end to the bloodshed in the conflict.
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