The Russian president said the missile, flying at 10 times the speed of sound, could not be brought down.
in response to Kyiv's use this week of US and British missiles capable of striking deeper into Russia, President Vladimir Putin said.
"This was new type of lethal capability that was deployed on the battlefield, so that was certainly of concern," Singh said, noting that the missile could carry either conventional or nuclear warheads.The attack on the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro came in response to Kyiv's use of longer-range US and British missiles in strikes Tuesday and Wednesday on southern Russia, Putin said.
Putin said the Oreshnik fired overnight struck a well-known missile factory in Dnipro. He also said Russia would issue advance warnings if it launches more strikes with the Oreshnik against Ukraine to allow civilians to evacuate to safety – something Moscow hasn't done before previous aerial attacks.
The Ukrainian Air Force said in a statement that the Dnipro attack was launched from Russia's Astrakhan region, on the Caspian Sea. Military experts say that modern ICBMs and IRBMs are extremely difficult to intercept, although Ukraine has previously claimed to have stopped some other weapons that Russia described as "unstoppable", including the air-launched Kinzhal hypersonic missile.
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