‘Russia preparing strike on Ukraine using hypersonic ‘Oreshnik’ missile’

 Russia is preparing a strike against Ukraine using a hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday, citing intelligence from Ukraine, ​the US and Europe.

The warning came a day after Russian ‌President Vladimir Putin ordered his military to prepare options for retaliation against Ukraine for a drone strike on a student dorm in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine.

Ukraine’s ​military denied responsibility for that attack.

“We are seeing signs of preparation ​for a combined strike on Ukrainian territory, including Kyiv, involving ⁠various types of weaponry. The specified intermediate-range weapons could be used in ​such a strike,” Zelenskiy said in an X post that did not mention the drone attack.

Russia ​has already attacked Ukraine twice with the Oreshnik, a missile which President Vladimir Putin has boasted is impossible to intercept because of its reported velocity of more than 10 ​times the speed of sound.

Moscow first fired an Oreshnik against what it ​said was a military factory in Ukraine in November 2024. On that occasion Ukrainian sources ‌said ⁠the missile was carrying dummy warheads, not explosives, and caused limited damage.

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