On November 21, Russia successfully tested its newest medium-range missile, the Oreshnik.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced this while making a statement about Russia's response to the use of Western long-range weapons against it.
The words of the head of the Russian state are quoted by the Kremlin press service .
What Putin said about the Oreshnik missile test
As Putin reported, today the Russian Armed Forces, in response to the use of Western long-range weapons against Russia, launched a combined strike on a Ukrainian defense industry facility.
According to the Russian President, as part of the response, a new medium-range missile system with a ballistic missile in a non-nuclear hypersonic warhead was successfully tested.
Our missilemen named it “Nut,” Putin noted.
The head of the Russian state specified that the new missile hit the Yuzhmash plant.
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is a Russian statesman and political figure, President of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the State Council of the Russian Federation and the Security Council of the Russian Federation; Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation since May 7, 2012.
