Firefighters work at the site of a Russian missile strike in Dnipro, Ukraine November 21, 2024. Ukraine claims Russia launched the first ICBM of the war towards the eastern part of its country overnight.But what does that mean – and why could it be an indication of something much larger?What is an ICBM?ICBM stands for an intercontinental ballistic missile.They have a range of at least 3,400 miles and can carry either nuclear or non-nuclear weight.Are they being used in the Ukraine-Russia war?Until today, ICBMs were thought not to have been used in the war so far because weapons with such long ranges have not been required in this regional conflict.But Ukraine claimed on Thursday that Russia had launched an ICBM at it for the first time, launched from the Caspian Sea region of Astrakhan in southern Russia and hitting the eastern city of Dnipro.Kyiv said it had not received any information on casualties and did not state what kind o