Russia launched a new hypersonic missile named "Oreshnik" in an early morning attack on Dnipro, which was described by Putin as a new intermediate-range missile system that can also carry nuclear payloads.
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Russia launched a new hypersonic missile named "Oreshnik" in an early morning attack on Dnipro
Putin said it was a new hypersonic missile that Moscow had developed very recently, and that Russia was "testing, in combat conditions" it
Putin confirmed that this intermediate-range, hypersonic missile could also carry nuclear payloads
Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile at Dnipro using the Oreshnik system
The strike was intended as a signal to Ukraine and the West
Ukraine has no radars capable of detecting such missiles in flight
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