Factbox-What is Russia's 'Oreshnik' missile?


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  • Friday, 22 Nov 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a televised address, dedicated to a military conflict in Ukraine and in particular to Russia's launch of a hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile attack on a military facility in response to recent Ukrainian long-range strikes with Western weapons, in Moscow, Russia November 21, 2024. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said Russia had struck Ukraine with a new hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile in response to Kyiv's use of U.S. and British missiles against Russia.

What is the "Oreshnik" (Hazel tree)?

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