Russia preparing strike on Ukraine using hypersonic 'Oreshnik' missile, Zelenskyy says
Zelenskiy said Ukraine and Western intelligence see signs of a combined Russian strike that could include intermediate-range weapons.
- On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia is preparing a strike against Ukraine using a hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile, citing intelligence from the United States and Europe.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered military retaliation options against Ukraine after a drone strike hit a student dormitory in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region, prompting the warning.
- Russia has previously attacked Ukraine twice with the Oreshnik, a missile President Vladimir Putin boasts is impossible to intercept because of its reported velocity of more than 10 times the speed of sound.
- Leaders of Britain, France, and Germany previously described Russia's use of the missile as "escalatory and unacceptable," while Zelenskyy urges the international community to provide preventive rather than post-attack responses.
- Zelenskyy emphasized that the use of such weaponry sets a global precedent for other potential aggressors, stressing that pressure must be maintained on Moscow to prevent the conflict from expanding further.
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The attack could take place in "the next twenty-four hours". Vladimir Putin promised a military response after a strike in Ukrainian territory occupied by Moscow on the night of Thursday to Friday. - War in Ukraine: Russia prepares to strike with the hypersonic missile Orechnik, alert Volodymyr Zelensky (International).
Ukrainian intelligence services have received information, both from American and European partners, regarding Russia's preparations for an Oreshnik missile attack on Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this evening.
Volodymyr Zelensky assures that "signs of preparations for a combined strike on Ukrainian territory" have been detected by Ukrainian, American, and European intelligence services.
UPDATE 1-Russia preparing strike on Ukraine using hypersonic 'Oreshnik' missile, Zelenskiy says
Russia is preparing a strike against Ukraine using a hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday, citing intelligence from Ukraine, the U.S. and Europe. The warning came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military to prepare options for retaliation against Ukraine for a drone strike on a student dorm in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Saturday that a massive Russian strike could target Ukraine in the next few hours, with a possible use of the Orechnik hypersonic missile. ...
According to the Ukrainian President, Russia is planning to deploy the Intercontinental Rocket Oreshnik in the territory of Ukraine. It would only be the third attack with this type of rocket since the beginning of the war.
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