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It could be refitted to certainly carry different types of conventional or nuclear warheads,
Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said
The flight time of this Russian missile from the moment of its launch in the Astrakhan region to its impact in the city of Dnipro was 15 minutes,
Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) said in a statement on FridayWe believe that we have the right to use our weapons against military facilities of the countries that allow to use their weapons against our facilities,
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The main message is that the reckless decisions and actions of Western countries, which produce missiles, supply them to Ukraine, and subsequently take part in carrying out strikes on Russian territory, cannot remain without a reaction from the Russian side,
Peskov said
As of today, there are no means of counteracting such a weapon,
the president boasted
Modern air defence systems… cannot intercept such missiles. That’s impossible,
Putin saidIf this is research and combat use, then there will be at least ten missiles."
Vadym Skibitskyi said
Most likely, the designation Oreshnik was invented by Putin to create the impression of new missile capabilities and intimidate the West, because there is no information about Oreshnik in the public domain,
said Roman Svitan, a reserve colonel in the Ukrainian armed forces
People I know who live in Dnipro told me they had never seen anything like that in this war,
former Ukrainian Security Service analyst and military expert Ivan Stupak told Novaya Gazeta Europe
Russia has demonstrated its ability to respond to Western actions by using ballistic missiles."
The Kremlin later said on their new missileSerial production of this missile began in the late 2000s, suggesting that the missile used by the Russian military on Thursday may not feature the advanced technologies Putin claimed in his video address,
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Today, there was a new Russian missile. All the characteristics—speed, altitude—are [of an] intercontinental ballistic missile,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, calling for an international response
Russia reserves the right to use weapons against military targets in countries permitting strikes on Russian soil,
Putin said