Fragments of Oreshnik missile used by Russia to attack Dnipro revealed
Ukraine shows the fragments of Russia's new experimental missile (illustrative photo: Getty Images)
The Security Service of Ukraine showed journalists the wreckage of a new experimental ballistic missile, the Oreshnik. Russia used it to attack a plant in Dnipro, reports Associated Press.
The fragments of the missile, called Oreshnik, which the Pentagon says is based on the Russian intercontinental ballistic missile RS-26 Rubezh, have not yet been analyzed.
The agency noted that, according to Ukraine's Security Service, AP and other media outlets could see the fragments before investigators took them away.
“The weapon, which can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads, left charred, mangled wires and an ashen body the size of a large winter tire,” the newspaper noted.
An anonymous expert at the SSU noted that the remains of such a missile were found on the territory of Ukraine for the first time.
The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine reported that the missile was fired from the 4th Kapustin Yar missile range in the Astrakhan region of Russia and flew for 15 minutes before hitting Dnipro city.
The missile had six warheads, each carrying six submunitions.
Russia's new ballistic missile
As RBC-Ukraine previously reported, this week Russia used a new ballistic missile against Ukraine for the first time. The Ukrainian Air Force initially said it was an intercontinental ballistic missile.
The Internet suggested that Russia used the Rubezh missile for the first time. Read more about this missile in RBC-Ukraine's article.
Instead, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said it was a test launch of the Oreshnik missile system. Ukrainian intelligence reported that the Russians had fired a missile from the Kedr system at Dnipro city.
Chief of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, explained that it was the same missile and that the name used by Putin, Oreshnik, was a missile program, while Kedr was a missile system.
