“The head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, said that the Oreshnik missile complex will be put on combat duty until the end of 2025.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Details: Putin in the collegium of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, TASS cites
Direct speech: “By the end of the year, the medium-range missile complex with the Oreshnik hypersonic missile will be put on combat duty. Last November, it was used for the first time in combat (for an attack on the city of Dnipro – ed.).”
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We will remind: On October 31, it became known that on the night of July 8-9, 2024, at the Kapustin Yar range, the forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate, the Security Service of Ukraine, and the Foreign Intelligence Service destroyed one of three Russian Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missiles.
Prehistory:
- According to the Air Force, during the missile attack on the city of Dnipro on November 21, 2024, the Russian Federation used an intercontinental ballistic missile. “UP” sources reported that it could be a “Rubezh” missile, which is a potential carrier of a nuclear charge.
- In an address on November 21, the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, said that during the morning attack on the Dnipro, the Russians used an Oreshnik medium-range missile.
- The United States officially confirmed that Russia struck the Dnipro on the morning of November 21 with a ballistic missile that was based on the RS-26 Rubezh intercontinental ballistic missile.
- On November 22, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense announced that on November 21, the aggressor state Russia struck the territory of Ukraine, using a ballistic missile, probably from the Kedr missile complex.
- Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the State Educational and Scientific Research Institute, noted that “Oreshnik” is the name of a research paper, “it’s just a cipher.” According to him, as of October 2024, Russia should have produced two experimental samples of the missile from the Kedr missile complex, one of which flew over the Dnieper on November 21.
- On November 28, Putin announced the alleged start of serial production of the Oreshnik system. The leader of the Kremlin said that he could use the Oreshnik missile against “decision-making centers in Kyiv.”