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Vladimir Putin has vowed to launch more strikes using an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile (IBRM) like that fired at Ukraine on Thursday, insisting Moscow had a stockpile of them.
The Russian president said production of the Oreshnik was being launched, adding: “No one in the world has such weapons.”
Testing the hypersonic missile would continue, he said, “including in combat, depending on the situation and the character of security threats created for Russia”. There is “a stockpile of such systems ready for use”, he added.
The missile is so powerful, Putin claimed, that the use of several fitted with conventional warheads in one attack could be as devastating as a strike with strategic — nuclear — weapons.
Meanwhile, Poland’s prime minister warned of a real risk of a global conflict breaking out.
Donald Tusk said the war was taking on “dramatic proportions”.
Russia fired a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile at the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday.
Putin said the strike was in retaliation for Ukraine’s using Western-supplied long-range missiles to strike military targets inside Russian territory.
Putin vows more ballistic missile strikes
Vladimir Putin has vowed to launch more strikes using an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile.
The Russian president disputed US claims that his country possessed only a few of the high-speed ballistic missiles, saying that the military had enough to continue to test them in “combat conditions”.
None the less, he said Moscow would ramp up production of the new “unstoppable” hypersonic ballistic missile it fired at Ukraine on Thursday.
He told a defence conference on Friday tests of the missile system had been passed, adding: “As has been said already, we’ll be continuing these tests, including in combat conditions, depending on the situation and nature of threats being posed to Russia’s security, especially considering that we have enough of such items, such systems ready for use in stock.”
Jane Dalton22 November 2024 19:41
Nato, Ukraine to hold emergency meeting after Russia’s ‘experimental’ missile strike
Nato and Ukraine have scheduled an emergency meeting next week after Russia hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipro with an experimental hypersonic ballistic missile.
Russian president Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the missile known as “Oreshnik”, or Hazel Tree, that targeted Ukraine was a direct response to strikes on Russia by Ukrainian forces using US and British missiles.
He warned that the Ukraine war was escalating towards a “global conflict” after the US and the UK allowed Ukraine to hit Russia with their weapons.
Mr Putin said Russia would keep testing its experimental weapon in combat and had a stock of the missile that was “ready for use”.
Ukraine said in its assessment of the Russian missile that it reached a top speed of over 13,000 kph (8,000 mph), taking about 15 minutes to reach its target from launch.
Following Mr Putin’s statements, Nato and Ukraine will hold emergency talks on Tuesday.
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Alexander Butler23 November 2024 03:00
Watch: Putin says Russia tested new intermediate range missile in strike on Ukraine
Alexander Butler23 November 2024 02:30
Watch: Footage appears to show Russia’s ICBM launch hitting Ukraine
Alexander Butler23 November 2024 02:00
Watch: British Army fire artillery gun close to Russia border
Watch live firing of British Army’s new Archer Mobile Howitzer close to Russia border
Watch a live firing of the British Army’s new Archer Mobile Howitzer gun close to Russia border. British soldiers fired the new artillery gun for the first time on a tactical exercise in Finland on 20 November. The Swedish-made Archer 155mm self-propelled guns have been acquired as an interim replacement for the 32 AS90s which the UK has donated to Ukraine in its conflict with Russia. Major Mortimer, second in command of 19 Regt RA, said: “The Archer represents a switch from a tracked self-propelled gun to a wheeled self-propelled gun and rather than using, what we would call, dumb high-explosive rounds. “It shows our Nato partners we’re modernising artillery and continually advancing.”
Alexander Butler23 November 2024 01:30
Norwegian student arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia
A Norwegian student in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia and Iran while working as a guard at the US Embassy in Oslo, authorities in Norway say.
The man, who has not been identified, was ordered to be held in custody for four weeks.
He runs a security company jointly with a dual national of Norway and an unspecified eastern European country, Norwegian public broadcaster NRK reported.
Alexander Butler23 November 2024 01:00
UK won’t be put off supporting Ukraine, says minister
The UK will not be put off supporting Ukraine by the “irresponsible rhetoric” of Vladimir Putin, a defence minister has said.
Maria Eagle’s comments came after Sir Keir Starmer said the UK is “not at war” in relation to the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
“We’ve heard this kind of irresponsible rhetoric from Putin before. He’s trying to stop nations supporting Ukraine, whilst he doesn’t seem to mind that much about the support he’s getting from North Korea and other nations.
“We can’t allow ourselves to be put off from supporting Ukraine, and we won’t be.”
Alexander Butler23 November 2024 00:30
Ukraine says new Russian missile reached speed of over 13,000 kph
The Russian missile that struck the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday reached a top speed of more than 13,000 kph (8,000 mph) and took about 15 minutes to reach its target from its launch, Ukraine said on Friday in its first public assessment of the new weapon.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow struck a Ukrainian military facility with a new intermediate-range, hypersonic ballistic missile known as “Oreshnik” as a warning to the West against supporting Ukraine’s war effort.
The attack took place with fighting in the war nearing the three-year mark and Ukraine firing longer-range missiles supplied by its Western allies at targets inside Russia.
“The flight time of this Russian missile from the moment of its launch in the Astrakhan region to its impact in the city of Dnipro was 15 minutes,” the military’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) said in a statement.
Alexander Butler23 November 2024 00:01
What do we know about Putin’s ‘experimental’ ballistic missile?
Alexander Butler22 November 2024 23:30
