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Russia's foreign ministry spokesperson ordered not to discuss reported ICBM strike during news conference
From CNN’s Vasco Cotovio, Nathan Hodge, Darya Tarasova and Christian Edwards
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova attends a news conference in Moscow, Russia, on April 4, 2023.
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The spokesperson for Russia’s Foreign Ministry was heard during a news conference Thursday being ordered not to discuss a major strike on Ukraine.
In an unusual departure from her ordinary format, Maria Zakharova took a phone call while she was fielding questions from reporters in a regular press briefing. She answered the call and was clearly heard being told by a male voice not to discuss a missile strike in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, which Kyiv earlier accused Moscow of targeting in a missile strike Thursday.
“Hello. Yes, I’m having a briefing,” Zakharova says as she answers the call.
The male voice is heard through the speaker telling Zakharova there was a “ballistic missile strike on Yuzmash,” the Soviet name for Pivdenmash, a massive aerospace plant in Dnipro.
The voice tells Zakharova this is “forbidden to speak about – don’t comment at all.”
Zakharova responds: “Yes, thank you.” She then hangs up.
It was not clear whether the hot-mic incident was staged, or whether Zakharova unintentionally revealed information about the overnight strike on Ukraine.
The exchange also appeared to reveal that the complex previously known as Yuzhmash was the target of the strike. Ukraine has said that Russia used an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to target the city of Dnipro. A Western official said Thursday the missile launched by Russia was a ballistic missile, but not an ICBM.
Later, Russian state media TASS asked Zakharova for more details about the exchange.
“Before the briefing, there were questions about contradictory materials on the Internet. I checked with experts whether this was our subject. The answer came during the briefing – the Foreign Ministry does not comment. So there is no intrigue,” Zakharova told TASS.
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