Russia notified the United States in advance of the launch through deconfliction lines, one official said. Another official said that the test did not pose a risk to the United States and that the United States did not view the test as an anomaly or an escalation. CNN initially reported the apparent test occurred while Biden was in Ukraine based off information from sources. After this story first published, one of the officials said the test occurred just before Biden was in the country. Putin has announced successful ICBM tests in the past, including last April, just months after Russia invaded Ukraine.
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