by Admins
Nov 23, 2022
Russia took the world by surprise with the launch of a new experimental hypersonic missile strike on Dnipro City of Ukraine in response to Ukraine’s use of long-range missile strikes in Russia after the Ukrainian government was given the green light by President Biden to use United States-long-range missiles (ATACMS) the United Kingdom Storm Shadow missiles to attack Russia.
Vladimir Putin, the Russian president who had been initially silent about the United States’ decision to allow Ukraine to strike deep into Russian territory with United States long-range missiles, said the United States decided to escalate the war to another level of aggression against Russia and in response to the Western aggression Russia responded with a new experimental hypersonic missile which can not be intercepted by any modern day missile defense systems.
The Russia President said “In response to the use of American and British long-range weaponry, on November 21, the Russian Armed Forces conducted a combined strike on a Ukrainian defense industry facility,”
He further stated that “Among the operations carried out was the testing of one of Russia’s latest medium-range missile systems. In this case, a ballistic missile equipped with a non-nuclear hypersonic warhead was used,” the Kremlin leader said. “Russian missile operators named the system ‘Oreshnik.’ The tests were deemed successful, with the target being hit as intended.”
He added, “In the event of an escalation of aggressive actions, we will respond decisively and accordingly.”
The next day, the Russian president signed the order to lower Russia’s threshold for using nuclear weapons, a decision which was widely interpreted as retaliation for the United States and British decision to give Ukraine the green light to attack Russia with their long-range missiles.
“We will do this openly and publicly, for humanitarian reasons, without fearing any opposition from the enemy, who will also receive this information”, the Russian president said.
Vladimir Putin made his statement hours after the attack and the Ukrainian government accused the Russian military of using Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) to attack Dnipro, which the Russian president explained that it was a new experimental missile capable of reaching its targets at a speed of 2.5 to 3 kilometers per second.
The Russian president said that the name of the missile is called Oreshkin and it can beat any modern-day missile defense technology in the world including the United States technology, Vladimir Putin said that before the attack was carried out the Russian government notified the United States government which it failed to notify Kyiv.
The Pentagon confirmed that it was notified by the Russian government of the impending attack on Ukraine with a new experimental hypersonic ballistic missile through a nuclear risk reduction channel and also dismissed the Ukrainian government’s claim that the Russian military attacked its military facilities in Dnipro with an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM).
The United States government and several other Western countries temporarily closed their embassies in Kyiv on Wednesday, with the United States delegates explaining that it had received a warning of a potentially significant attack on Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital.