Oreshnik may be a version of Russia's ICBM intercontinental ballistic missile
The Associated Press, citing U.S. officials, said U.S. intelligence believes Russia could launch another Oleshnik ballistic missile into Ukraine within the next few days. In Washington's assessment, the use of Oleshnik is an attempt to blackmail Kiev. Moscow plans to have only a few missiles of this type. The Russians used it for the first time in the attack on the city of Dnieper.
The Associated Press reported, citing two U.S. officials, that U.S. intelligence findings indicate that Russia could again use a new intermediate-range ballistic missile against Ukraine within days. It was reported that it was shown.
They believe that the announcement of the use of experimental Oleshnik missiles is not a determining factor in the situation on the battlefield in Ukraine, but an attempt at intimidation.
Will Russia aim Oleshnik missiles at Ukraine again? US warns
One of the station's interlocutors said Russia only has a handful of Oreshnik missiles, each with a smaller warhead than the ones Russia regularly fires into Ukraine.
Russia first attacked Ukraine on November 21 using Oreshnik missiles. The missile fell on the city of Dnieper.
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The attack came two days after President Vladimir Putin signed a new version of Russia's nuclear doctrine. After the attack, the dictator boasted about his hypersonic missiles and warned Western countries that their next use could be against NATO members.
The use of Oleshnik was also seen as the Kremlin's response to the consent the United States had given to Ukraine. The idea was to use American long-range weapons to strike deep into Russian territory.
*President Putin said at the time: “We believe that we have the right to use weapons against military installations of countries that allow the use of weapons against our installations.''
Oleshnik in the Russian arsenal. What is Putin's new weapon?
The Pentagon described the Oreshnik as an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile, or medium-range ballistic missile, based on Russia's RS-26 Lubezh intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The attack on the Dnieper was the first time such weapons were used in combat.
The range of medium-range missiles is 500 to 5,500 kilometers. Such weapons were banned under a Soviet-era treaty that the U.S. and Russian governments scrapped in 2019.
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