Andrii Kovalenko, head of Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation, stated that reports claiming Russia can produce 25 Oreshnik missiles per month are false.
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Reports of Russia's alleged ability to produce 25 Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missiles per month are untrue.
Russia cannot produce 300 Oreshnik missiles per year. The information about Russia producing 25 ballistic missiles 'Oreshnik' per month is not true.
Due to sanctions, Russia's production cycle for high-tech missiles has slowed significantly. While they produce X-101 or Kalibr missiles and accumulate them through intensive use of Shaheds, production of more technological missiles like Kinzhal is in single digits, and Oreshnik has an even more technological cycle.
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