Oreshnik or Kedr? Ukraine's intelligence chief clarifies the confusion around Russia’s new missile name
Photo: Head of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov (Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
The name of the Oreshnik missile is the codename of the research behind it. But its launch system is called Kedr, says the head of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov at the discussion Genocidal practices of Russia in Ukraine: From the Holodomor to the Russian-Ukrainian war.
“I have already explained. Yesterday, the Russian dictator openly stated in public that the Oreshnik missile was used. That's what he called it. 'Oreshnik' is the name of the research, it's just a code for it. The system itself is called Kedr,” Budanov said.
According to him, this Russian system is experimental. It is a medium-range ballistic missile that carries nuclear weapons. It was probably used in a non-nuclear version. Now the experts are determining what kind of stuffing was there.
“I'll say it again - the missile is experimental. We knew for sure that two prototypes were supposed to be made by October, maybe a little more. But this is a prototype,” Budanov said.
Russians strike Dnipro with a new missile
On November 21, the Russians launched a missile strike and, according to the Air Force, used an intercontinental ballistic missile against Ukraine for the first time.
The media reported that they fired a Rubezh missile at Dnipro. Read more about this missile in the RBC-Ukraine report.
Russian president Vladimir Putin said that the Russian army had test-fired a medium-range Oreshnik missile system in the Dnipro region. It is assumed that the Oreshnik is the aforementioned Rubezh.
Today, the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine clarified that Russia attacked Dnipro with a Kedr missile system. The flight time from the Astrakhan region to Dnipro was 15 minutes.
The new Russian missile had six warheads, each equipped with six submunitions. The speed on the final section of the trajectory was over 11 Mach.
