Ukraine’s air force said the launch took place from the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation, an area to the south-east of Vologograd

Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has described a US decision to open an air defence base in Redzikowo in Poland as “provocative” and “deeply destabilising”.

Reuters quotes her saying:

This is another frankly provocative step in a series of deeply destabilising actions by the Americans and their allies in the North Atlantic alliance in the strategic sphere.

This leads to undermining strategic stability, increasing strategic risks and, as a result, to an increase in the overall level of nuclear danger.