US EditionUkraine’s Secret Service Claims It Destroyed One of Russia’s Top-Secret ‘Oreshnik’ Missiles in 2023
- On October 31, SBU chief Vasyl Malyuk revealed Ukraine's Security Service destroyed one Oreshnik missile system at Kapustin Yar, calling the operation 100% successful.
- Malyuk said the strike occurred the summer before last, with details kept secret to protect sources and known only to Presidents including Volodymyr Zelenskyy, while the Oreshnik name was not widely used then.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed Russia carried out about three test launches with three Oreshnik systems, using one and losing another, leaving at least one remaining.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Russia plans to station Oreshnik missiles in Belarus and urged sanctions on 25 companies involved, highlighting their 5,500 kilometers range threatening Europe, especially Eastern Europe.
- Officials estimate Russia will produce up to six Oreshnik missiles annually, Belarus and Russia trained with them during Zapad 2025, and Russian leader Vladimir Putin claimed speeds up to Mach 10, which Western experts questioned.
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Ukraine says it destroyed one of Russia's new Oreshnik ballistic missiles in a covert operation
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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine says it destroyed a Russian Oreshnik missile
Ukraine says that in the summer of 2024 it carried out an operation that destroyed one of Russia’s favorite ballistic missiles — an Oreshnik — at the Kapustin Yar test range east of Volgograd. Why they waited to make the announcement and why they did...
Ukraine Says It Destroyed Oreshnik Missile Inside Russia
Ukraine’s president and security services said Friday they had secretly destroyed one of Russia’s new nuclear-capable Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missiles inside Russian territory before Moscow debuted the weapon in combat.
Kiev announced a success on Friday, similar to a military timpani strike: Ukrainian intelligence agencies reportedly destroyed one of Russia's most secret strategic missile systems – Putin's "Oreshnik" rocket – deep on its own territory. The operation remained top secret for months – and was allegedly only known to the presidents of a few countries. According to the "Kyiv Post" and the "Kyiv Independent" reports, the Ukrainian security service S…
Ukrainian forces destroyed Oresnik's ballistic missile with nuclear capabilities in a special operation in the depths of the Russian territory, President Volodimir Zelenski said.
For the first time, Ukraine has handed over a Russian soldier to another country. Meanwhile, the head of the Ukrainian intelligence service SBU announces a successful operation on Russian soil. More in the live ticker.
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