What do we know about Russia’s new ballistic missile, Oreshnik?
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Moscow says the Oreshnik, a nuclear-capable weapon, was used in an attack on Ukraine amid escalating tensions.
President Vladimir Putin has confirmed that Russia tested a hypersonic intermediate-range missile in an assault on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, Ukraine.
The Kremlin said the attack was in response to Ukraine’s recent use of US- and UK-supplied missiles to target Russian territory.
Joe Biden, the outgoing US president, and his administration only recently gave the green light for Ukraine to launch long-range strikes into Russia, a move which has escalated tensions.
The Pentagon said the US had been notified of the launch through nuclear risk reduction channels.
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