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Oreshnik (Russian: Орешник, lit. 'Hazel tree'), [2] is a Russian intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) characterized by its reported speed exceeding Mach 10 (12,300 km/h; 7,610 mph; 3.40 km/s), according to the Ukrainian military.
Zircon appears to have been used in a land-attack role during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In particular it was used in the attack on Ukraine on 7 February 2024. [64] [18] [65] During his 29 February 2024 address to the Federal Assembly, Vladimir Putin confirmed that Zircon hypersonic missile has been used during the conflict. [66]
On 26 January 2023, the Ukrainian Air Force reported that 55 missiles, including a Kh-47 Kinzhal hypersonic missile, and 24 Shahed-136 drones had been fired at targets in Ukraine. [47] The Ukrainian Air Force said that they were able to shoot down all of the drones and 47 of the missiles. [ 47 ]
Russia fired what it said was a new type of ballistic missile at Ukraine this week. Putin called the missile the "Oreshnik" and said it had a "non-nuclear hypersonic warhead." Ukraine described ...
The Kh-47M2 “Kinzhal” — which means “dagger” in Russian — was billed as a state-of-the-art hypersonic missile, “invincible,” in Putin’s words, to Western air defenses.
Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed the attack Thursday evening in an address to the nation and said it was in direct response to the U.S. and the U.K. jointly approving Ukraine’s use of ...
Map of 10 October missile strikes on cities in Ukraine Fires on a combined heat and power plant in Kyiv after Russian missile strikes on 10 October 2022. On 10 October 2022, Russia attacked Ukraine with a wave of 84 cruise missiles and 24 suicide drones. Russian missiles struck 14 regions of Ukraine, with the capital Kyiv being the most targeted.
A short-range hypersonic ballistic missile, according to Ukrainian authorities, in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, in a photo released on March 9. (Press service of the National Guard of Ukraine/Handout via ...