Russia may launch another hypersonic ballistic missile into Ukraine in the coming days, according to a Reuters source. In the States, they believe that Oreshnik is just another attempt by Russia to terrorize Ukraine.
“We assess that Oreshnik does not change the rules of the game on the battlefield, but is just another attempt by Russia to terrorize Ukraine, which will not be successful,” the official told the newspaper.
Although the Oreshnik is still a new missile, the US official downplayed the missile’s usefulness. He called them “experimental” in nature and said “Russia probably only has a small number” of such missiles. The official also said the weapon has a smaller warhead than other missiles Russia has deployed to Ukraine.
Oreshnik attack on Ukraine
On November 21, Russian troops launched a missile attack on the Dnieper, using an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time.
Afterwards, dictator Vladimir Putin said this was a test launch of the Oreshnik medium-range missile system.
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine noted it The strike was carried out from the Kedr missile system. The head of the department, Kirill Budanov, said that the name of the missile program is “Oreshnik”, and the rocket is called “Kedr”.
