If Ukraine had its “Redzikovo”, it would be in a much better situation – said Mariusz Sielma, editor-in-chief of “Nowa Technika Wojskowa”, in the program “Wstańsz i weekend”. On Thursday, Russian forces used the medium-range missile “Oreshnik” to attack the city of Dnipro, which was announced by President Vladimir Putin himself. This weapon may contain nuclear warheads. – This is definitely a heavyweight, this is the first league of Russian missile forces, – added Sielma, assessing the capabilities of this missile.
“This ballistic missile was ten times larger and more massive than the Iskanders,” said Mariusz Cielma, editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Nova Tehnika Vojskova” in the “Wstańsz i weekend” program. – This shows us the scale a little. 40 tons to four, Cielma added, comparing the capabilities of the Iskander short-range missile, which is usually used to attack Ukraine, with the medium-range missile launched on Thursday against the city of Dnipro in central-eastern Ukraine.
On the day of the attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the “new Oreshnik medium-range hypersonic ballistic missile” was used and that the target was “a military facility”.
“Vaznin, First League of the Russian Missile Forces”
– This is definitely a heavyweight, this is the first league of Russian missile forces, – Sielma added, assessing the capabilities of the Oreshnik missile, which was used for the first time to attack Ukraine since the start of the military offensive. The expert recalled that Putin called this weapon experimental. – Nothing comes from nothing, – added the interlocutor of TVN24, explaining that the missile launched on Thursday is a modification of the Russian model of the RS-26 Rubez ballistic missile (ICBM).
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The Iskander system missile is a Russian short-range ballistic missile. The new missile – Oreshnik – should be bigger than that Russian Defense Ministry press service via AP/EastNews
Asked whether the Oreshnik could be launched by air defense systems, Cielma said that such possibilities “really did not exist” in the city of Dnipro, as there were no defense systems such as Patriot or SAMP/T. – These systems create certain opportunities, especially in the last stage of the flight (from the rocket – ed.), – explained Cielma. He assumed that if Ukraine had its “Redzikovy” (place of the American anti-missile base in Poland – ed.), its situation would be much better.
According to the interlocutor of TVN24, the defense missile launched from the base in Redzikovo, in case of a threat, can fight with a ballistic missile at a very high altitude, even in space.
The interlocutor of the “Wstańsz i weekend” program, when asked about the safety of residents of Ukrainian cities with ballistic missiles, such as Oreshnik, and whether they have time to go to shelters, pointed out that “the key is the alarm system”. He recalled that The Oreshnik missile flew for 15 minutes from the Caspian Sea to the city of Dnieper at a speed of 10,000 km per hour. has a warning, but – as he added, until the sound of the sirens (from the missile launch – ed.) “there are only a few minutes left”.
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Part of the propaganda campaign
In its latest analysis, the American think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assessed that the Russian Oreshnik missile attack on the city of Dnipro on Thursday is part of a propaganda campaign aimed at exaggerating Russia's capabilities and putting pressure on the West and Russian authorities. Kyiv.
After the Oreshnik missile was delivered to the Yuzhmash arms factory in Dnipro, which in Soviet times included the SS-20 (“Satan”) missiles and was the largest arms company in Europe, Russian media and Kremlin officials spoke of the great success. Russian military, defense industry and designers are talking. On Friday, Vladimir Putin congratulated the Russian military on the “successful” test of the Oreshnik ballistic missile in the Kremlin. He described this attack as a response to “those who are trying to blackmail” Russia.
The Kremlin is waiting
Moscow is benefiting from the publicity surrounding the attack, ISW wrote, and is likely hoping that growing concern over the launch of the Oreshnik missile will prompt the West to withdraw its support for Ukraine.
The Institute for the Study of Warfare noted that the Kremlin may conduct test attacks using ballistic missiles in the coming days to achieve a propaganda effect. Russian sources have announced that Russia will close part of its airspace for missile tests on Saturday and Sunday. However, it was not specified which type of missile the Russian forces tested.
The deputy head of Kyiv's military intelligence, Vadim Skibitsky, warned on Friday that Russia likely has up to 10 Oreshnik missiles and will test them all in the near future.
Main photo source: Press Service of the Russian Ministry of Defense via AP/EastNews
