Putin’s Oreshnik gamble backfires: US intel already examining fragments of missile
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The congressman added that this will be used by both Ukrainians and the West to better understand the capabilities of the Russian missile.
"I believe that, like many other steps taken by Vladimir Putin, this will produce the opposite result to what he is trying to achieve," Himes emphasized.
Questions have previously arisen about whether the Oreshnik missile contains foreign components. Presidential envoy Vladyslav Vlasyuk suggested that this missile, unlike others, may not contain foreign-made parts.
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that on the night of May 24, Russia used two Oreshnik ballistic missiles. One struck the Kyiv region, while the other fell in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk region.
RBC-Ukraine also reported that Russian propaganda claimed the Oreshnik allegedly has enormous destructive power and can hit deeply buried targets. However, research results suggest the opposite.
In addition, the aggressor country may have started low-rate production of the Oreshnik. However, the total number of these weapons in Russia’s arsenal remains minimal.
