Russia's Oreshnik missile is built almost entirely with Russian and Belarusian components
Russia's Oreshnik missile (illustrative photo: Getty Images)
Russia's Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile now contains almost no foreign-made components, while many of its parts are manufactured in Belarus, Ukraine's Presidential Adviser on Sanctions Policy, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, told journalists.
He displayed fragments of the Oreshnik missile and the Banderol cruise missile, and said that the ballistic missile contains more than 1,000 Russian-made components and about 100 Belarusian-made ones.
"Most of the components were manufactured in 2023 and 2024, with some also produced in 2025. That means they are producing some of these things themselves right now," Vlasiuk said.
He stressed that this indicates the aggressor country is now capable of producing these missiles with virtually no foreign-made components.
Vlasiuk also showed what the kinetic payload approximately looks like. It contains 36 striking elements, which are likely made of tungsten.
Components of the Oreshnik missile (photo: Roman Kot / RBC-Ukraine)
Components of the Oreshnik missile (photo: Roman Kot / RBC-Ukraine)
Components of the Oreshnik missile (photo: Roman Kot / RBC-Ukraine)
Earlier, it was reported that Oreshnik missiles may miss their targets by dozens of kilometers. This was attributed, among other things, to possible problems with their guidance systems.
Earlier, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) also said that threats of new strikes using the Oreshnik missile could be part of the Kremlin's information pressure campaign.
Oreshnik missiles are launched from the Kapustin Yar test range near Kazakhstan, about 1,100 kilometers (684 miles) from Kyiv. The nearby town lives in poverty, decay, and neglect.
Read what it looks like in a separate RBC-Ukraine report.
