Things are getting very serious inside Russian territory, especially after Kiev announced the destruction of an Oresnik missile launcher by special commandos (Ukrainian and British together), with the Russians preparing their own strong response.
Ukraine’s security chief, Vasyl Malyuk, revealed that “Ukrainian secret services destroyed one of Russia’s secret Oresnik missile launchers deep inside Russian territory”, while suspicions are falling on British commandos according to a recent accusation by the Russian security services.
Ukrainian intelligence units have blown up Russia’s top-secret “Oreshnik” missile launcher deep in enemy territory, the SBU said.
Ukrainian intelligence services have announced that they have destroyed a launch system for three Oreshnik ballistic missiles that were ready for launch from Russia’s Kapustin Yar range in the Astrakhan region. According to the head of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU), Vasyl Malyuk, the operation was carried out “on the territory of Kapustin Yar” by the combined forces of the Military Intelligence Service of Ukraine (HUR), the SBU and the Foreign Intelligence Service (SZRU).
Ukrainian intelligence services estimate that Russia launched one Oreshnik missile and destroyed a second, with at least one still in its arsenal. As noted the head of Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service, Oleg Ivashchenko: “There is one [launch system]… We believe that up to three were built this year, and up to six are planned per year.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia could deploy missiles of this type in Belarus, putting parts of Europe within their range.
“We understand that their approximate range is 5,500 kilometers, and there is a 700-kilometer dead zone. This means that Europeans, especially those in Eastern Europe, should pay attention to this. And everyone else too. We must pay attention to these dangers,” the Ukrainian president said.
In addition to the attack on the Russian anti-aircraft missile system, two radar stations were also hit, the each significantly weakening Russia’s defenses in Crimea, Ukrainian media outlets have reported.
Russian state media have reported that the Oresnik missile is capable of hitting any target on the European continent in less than an hour and eliminating it with up to six independently maneuverable warheads, each armed with a nuclear warhead.
The first, and so far, confirmed use of the Oresnik missile by Russia was in an attack on the city of Dnipro on November 21, 2024.
The missile is believed by Western analysts to be a modified Soviet-era RS-26 Rubezh medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM).
It has a claimed range of over 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles) and carries six nuclear or conventional multiple independently re-targetable hypersonic reentry vehicles (MIRV).
Earlier today, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu reportedly urged skeptics to “believe” in the development and successful testing of Moscow’s new “miracle weapons,” such as the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile and the Poseidon nuclear torpedo.
Speaking at the Peoples of Russia and the CIS Forum, Shoigu reminded the audience that President Vladimir Putin first announced the creation of these weapons during his speech to the Federal Assembly in 2018.
“Maybe someone didn’t believe it then, but now they should,” Shoigu said. On October 26, Putin announced the completion of the “final tests” of Burevestnik intercontinental cruise missile, describing it as “unparalleled in the world,” he stressed.
The Chief of the Russian General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, added that during its test flight, the missile, equipped with a nuclear propulsion system, flew 14,000 kilometers and remained in the air for about 15 hours
He also said that the technical characteristics of the missile “allow it to hit highly protected targets at any distance with guaranteed accuracy”. Putin, in turn, ordered preparations for the missile’s development infrastructure. in the Russian armed forces.
We are waiting for confirmation from Moscow about the incident, while we will certainly have a reaction from the Russian leadership to this serious incident, which shows the terrible unknown war inside Russian territory this time, which can cause chain reactions.
