Russia is modernizing Soviet junk, Americans know how to deal with it - former SBU head 

He spoke about this on Espreso TV.

“We have powerful capabilities to combat Russian intermediate-range missiles. I will announce what can be said now. The U.S. side has satellites and other technical equipment at its disposal, and we want the U.S. to use it as soon as possible to protect Ukraine. This is to ensure that Russian targeting systems such as Kedr, Oreshnyk and others do not work on our territory,” said the former head of the Security Service of Ukraine.

According to him, Russia is not inventing anything, but is taking Soviet missile designs and gradually modernizing them. The most vulnerable is the modernization of the guidance heads, while the warhead and engines are Soviet junk, which, unfortunately, flies fast.

“The American side knows how to deal with this. We can and should start by blocking the ability of such Russian systems to strike targets on Ukrainian territory. Despite the fact that the transfer of power in the United States is underway, we need to work with the new American leadership, because Putin's attacks like this force us not to relax. Putin is using the window of the transfer of power in the United States before the inauguration of the new president, stuffing everything with propaganda, even intimidating with an experimental missile. This means that we need to use this window as well,” Valentyn Nalyvaichenko emphasized.

Russia launches an intercontinental ballistic missile. What is known

• 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.