Putin: Russia tested new hypersonic missile in Ukraine strike

Vladimir Putin has tested a new hypersonic missile by firing it at Ukraine as he identified Britain as a legitimate target for the Russian military.

The weapon, called the “Oreshnik”, meaning hazelnut, was launched for the first time in response to strikes using British and American-supplied weapons, Putin said on Thursday.

“We are entitled to use our weapons against the military facilities of those countries that allow their weapons to be used against our facilities,” Putin said in a surprise televised address.

“In the event of an aggressive escalation, we will respond just as decisively.”

His threat came after British Storm Shadow cruise missiles were fired into Russia for the first time by Ukraine on Wednesday.

Earlier this week, Joe Biden, the US president, also authorised the use of American long-range ATACMS weapons, which were initially used to Russia’s Bryansk region.

Volodymyr Zelensky has said that he intends to fire all the ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles at Russia that the US and Britain have given him.

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[Womberto]

What this report fails to say is that it had no payload, it was a warning.

[kantidevi]

It's not for Ukrainian🇺🇦
It's for 🇬🇧London

[elishachanda]

It's a kinetic-kill ICBM without a war head. Probably a warning shot

[stopnotsnitchin]

They said a rehabilitation center for people with disabilities was damaged, I thought they would have said, "...also 2 adoption centers that housed blind puppies and an ice cream cart building center that built ice cream carts for poor people were damaged in the attack ", for more of a tear jerking emotional impact.

[HRIndri]

Those didn't have payload. Those were just the warning shots for what could happen to Ukraine in seconds

[Greenhate]

1. The missiles did not carry ammunition.
2. These missiles were a test.
3. They are capable of carrying a nuclear stockpile.
4. They cannot be shot down by any of the existing air defenses.

[MikhailR-xh]

By the way, in this video after the shots of the missile strike, some kind of barn is shown. In fact, the missiles hit a huge military plant built during the Soviet Union. The plant is called Yuzhmash (Южмаш). Your media are impudent...

[sawfishv]

Zelensky asked for long range missiles, well he received it🤣

[samwisethebrave]

Surprised they didn't also say it hit a "Puppy" store....

[azwanblues]

never seen missiles that fast before!!😮😮😮

[zidaneilyas]

That was a warning shot. The speed was frightening, and that was a nuclear warning shot.

[jackg]

Omg, compare to israel iron dome's speed, it feels like 56k modem vs 10gbps fiber

[benanderson]

No way an iron dome could stop missiles at that speed. We are so dumb to get in this totally preventable situation.

[wostokyoutube]

Patriot : What was that ??
ICBM : Hold my Beer

[DannyLucas-tblr]

Foolish Ukraine, respect for Russia
Ukrainian don't cry now

[kikudziro]

It feels like Thor was angry at Ukraine

[redtale]

Why does a rehabilitation centre for people with disabilities need bars on its windows?

[serzh]

Why are they showing some kind of barn? The Ukrainian defense industry facility, the Yuzhmash plant, was destroyed, and the underground production workshop.

[Uche-wr]

It had no warhead in it, it was a warning

[halon]

Russia has more compassion than Israel