SBU shows remains of Russian Oreshnik missile

The SBU showed journalists the remains of a Russian missile called Oreshnik that hit the city of Dnipro on Thursday, November 21.

According to the Associated Press, SBU experts confirmed that the missile was launched from the Kapustin Yar test site in Russia's Astrakhan region.

"Charred, mangled wires and a missile body the size of a large tire are all that remains of the weapon, which can be equipped with both conventional and nuclear warheads," the report said.

It is noted that the missile had six warheads, each carrying six submunitions. Its maximum speed was 11 Mach, and the flight time to the target was 15 minutes.

Earlier, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga said that Ukraine's partners "should respond to Russian blackmail by transferring air defense systems capable of shooting down medium-range ballistic missiles such as Oreshnik.

"Russia's use of an intermediate-range ballistic missile is a typical blackmail. Putin is trying to intimidate everyone who supports Ukraine," he wrote.

On November 21, Russia launched an Oreshnik ballistic missile from the Kedr complex at the Dnipro River. The flight time of the missile from the moment it was launched from Astrakhan region to the Dnipro River was 15 minutes. The missile was equipped with six warheads, each of which was armed with six submunitions. The speed on the final section of the trajectory was more than Mach 11, or 13.585 km/h.

Finnish Defense Minister Antti Hakkänen said that NATO and the European Union must step up their game to defend themselves against hybrid threats and protect undersea cables from attack.

"NATO and the EU need to do much more to protect this critical infrastructure," Hakkänen told Politico after the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, adding that the topic was discussed during the meeting.

On Tuesday, November 26, an emergency meeting between Ukraine and NATO is to be held due to Russia's use of a new ballistic missile to strike the Dnipro River. According to Andriy Sybiga, the main issue at the meeting will be strengthening Ukraine's air defense.

"We will raise the issue of limiting Russia's ability to produce this type of weapon and reducing the capabilities of the Russian defense industry, which continues to grow despite all the sanctions. This is a fact," he said.

Sibiga emphasized that Ukraine hopes for concrete and meaningful results after the meeting.

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