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Oreshnik strike on Dnipro: SSU displays missile wreckage

Sofia Polonska
24 November, 2024 Sunday
20:05

On Sunday, November 24, the Security Service of Ukraine presented unique evidence of another Russian act of aggression by showing the world media the wreckage of the Oreshnik ballistic missile that Russia fired at Ukraine's Dnipro last week

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The Associated Press reports.

Representatives of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have said that fragments of the Oreshnik missile, which the Pentagon believes is based on the Russian RS-26 Rubezh intercontinental ballistic missile, have not yet been analyzed.

The released footage shows metal fragments of the missile, named Kedr, placed on a green artificial lawn in front of a camouflage net.

One of the SSU investigators stated that this was the first time such wreckage had been found in Ukraine.

He noted that the fragments were discovered and seized by SSU investigators following a missile strike on the city of Dnipro on November 21, 2024.

The SSU officer added that the missile was ballistic and followed a purely ballistic trajectory, influenced only by aerodynamic drag.

Russia launches intercontinental ballistic missile

  • On Thursday, November 21, the Russian army launched an attack on Ukraine using MiG-31K and Tu-95 aircraft, targeting the Dnipropetrovsk region.
  • On November 21, Russian forces launched an intercontinental ballistic missile, along with Kinzhal and Kh-101 missiles, at Ukraine. Ukrainian air defense destroyed six targets.
  • President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Russian military used a new missile, possibly an intercontinental ballistic missile, against Ukraine on November 21.
  • Ukraine's Foreign Ministry is pursuing diplomatic measures and leveraging UN and NATO mechanisms in response to Russia's use of a new missile resembling an intercontinental ballistic missile.
  • Valentyn Badrak, Director of the Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies, military expert, believes that Putin's actions are aimed at political bargaining to make him a winner in the eyes of the Russian audience.
  • Serhiy Zgurets’, Director of Defense Express, noted that the RS-26 missile is not in serial production and has not been adopted by the Russian military.
  • On the evening of November 21, the Foreign Ministry responded to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's statement about using the Oreshnik ballistic missile to strike Ukraine.
  • The missile from Russia's new ballistic missile system, Kedr, which was fired at Dnipro on November 21, contains six warheads, each armed with six submunitions.
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