Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the first batch of Oreshnik ballistic missiles Mass produced was delivered to the army.
This type of weaponry was tested in 2024 and appears at a time strategic and offensive Russian amid the end of the war in Eastern Europe.
Previously, Putin pointed out that the ballistic missile travels 10 times the speed of sound and therefore cannot be intercepted. Russian sources told Reuters news agency that the range is 5,000 kilometers, allowing Russia to attack most of Europe and even west coast of the United States.
The Russian leader talked to President Belarusso Alexander Lukashenko During a visit to Valaam Island, near St. Petersburg.
Putin said his forces were advancing throughout the front line in Ukraine, despite the West’s desire to interrupt the offensive. He also said that the Russian army had taken control of the Donetsk region of Ukraine a few days ago, a statement that Kiev denied before.
According to military experts, in addition to being used by the Russians, ballistic missiles should also be implemented in Belarusia by the end of the year.
Understand the war in Ukraine
Russia began the large -scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and currently has about one fifth from the territory of the neighboring country.
Still in 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin decreed the annexation of four Ukrainian regions: Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizehzia.
The Russians slowly advance through the east and Moscow gives no signs of abandoning their main war goals.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump, president of the United States, pressures for a peace agreement.
Ukraine has made increasingly bold attacks within Russia and says the operations aim to destroy essential infrastructure of the Russian army.
Putin’s government, in turn, intensified air attacks, including drones offensive. Both sides deny target civilians, but thousands died in the conflict, the vast majority of them Ukrainians.
Thousands of soldiers are also believed to have died on the front line, but neither side releases numbers of military lows.
