What we know about Vladimir Putin's 'Oreshnik', one of the newest intermediate-range missiles in Russia's arsenal, he unleashed on Ukraine.
The strike on the city of Dnipro in eastern Ukraine early Thursday morning ‘I thought it was a nuclear attack’. This is what a resident in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro said after Vladimir Putin’s unleashed ‘Oreshnik’, one of the newest intermediate-range missiles in Russia ’s arsenal. Initially, the weapon was mistaken for a 3,400-mile intercontinental ballistic missile – which would have been a first in the history of the invasion. At the end, it turned out to be something else.
He told Metro that it is a ‘Soviet-style weapon with an upgraded system’. ‘You know, not all things that Putin says are true,’ Stupak joked. ‘We heard the same claims about the Kinzhal ballistic missiles. He said they could not be intercepted by any European forces. ‘We now know that is is not true. As far as I know, “Oreshnik” is not actually new, but an old-style weapon with an upgraded system.
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