Reuters quoted Ukrainian investigators as saying that this was the first time a weapon as powerful as the Oreshnik missile had been used in conflict. It took the Ukrainian military several days to identify the remaining fragments of the missile after the attack on the city of Dnipro on November 21.
For security reasons, the Ukrainian military does not disclose the exact location of the missile debris recovery.
Some fragments of the Oreshnik missile were recovered by the Ukrainian military on November 24. (Photo: Reuters)
From initial images, most of the remaining fragments of the Oreshnik warhead were burned black and gathered at a weapons appraisal facility near the scene.
Ukrainian experts are currently studying the remains of the Oreshnik missile to better understand the weapon's attack capabilities and operations.
On November 22, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his country had launched an attack using a ballistic missile with a hypersonic warhead named Oreshnik (Hazel) on Ukrainian military targets in the city of Dnipro.
The Russian leader also stressed that this missile model cannot be intercepted by existing Western air defense systems.
According to Ukraine, the Oreshnik missile has a flight speed of up to 13,000 km/h and an attack range of about 5,500 km.
Two Ukrainian weapons experts said that the Oreshnik, like most intercontinental ballistic missiles, uses a reentry vehicle. But they declined to give an exact assessment of the new Russian missile's capabilities.
"These are preliminary conclusions and to draw more specific conclusions requires time and careful study of the remains of the missile," one of the two Ukrainian experts said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called the attack a serious escalation and called on Kiev’s allies to respond. Ukraine initially said the weapon appeared to be an intercontinental ballistic missile.
The Kremlin later said it had fired a new medium-range ballistic missile at a Ukrainian military target in Dnipro, in response to Kiev attacking Russia with US- and UK-made missiles.
The US Department of Defense said the design of the Oreshnik missile is based on the RS-26 Rubezh intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). At the same time, it said that this new missile is an experimental missile and Russia may only possess a small number of Oreshnik missiles.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow will continue to test the Oreshnik missile in real conditions and that the country's military has a significant number of these weapons.
Much remains unclear about the November 21 attack, including the extent of the damage caused by the missiles. Ukraine rarely discloses damage to military targets out of concern that such information would benefit Moscow.
Source: https://vtcnews.vn/ukraine-thu-giu-nhieu-manh-vo-tu-ten-lua-dan-dao-oreshnik-cua-nga-ar909247.html
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