damage, victims, consequences: Society: Russia: Lenta.ru

Armed forces Ukraine (APU) tried attack the Kapustin Yar test site in the Astrakhan region, from where the new Russian medium-range ballistic missile Oreshnik was launched.

As Mash learned, air defense systems shot down the drone a few meters from the entrance to the test site. As a result, the blast wave damaged the gate. There is no information about casualties at this time.

Committee member State Duma on defense Andrey Kolesnik in a conversation with Lenta.ru statedthat the attempted attack on the Russian training ground was expected.

Ukraine requested systems against Oreshnik from Western countries

Earlier it became known that Ukraine requested Western countries have missile defense systems THAAD and Arrow against the Russian Oreshnik medium-range missile. “They [запрошенные системы] include THAAD and Arrow,” Agence France-Presse (AFP) quoted unnamed sources as saying.

At the same time, the head of the Center for the Study of Politics, Armed Forces and Concepts of Combat Operations China at the Institute of National Defense and Security of Taiwan Ou Sifu statedthat Russia’s use of the Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile showed the accessibility of the entire territory of Ukraine for attacks by Russian troops. According to the expert, the purpose of using the new missile could be “to demonstrate the capabilities of a new type of offensive weapons, which the Ukrainian side cannot resist, and the whole of Ukraine is in the shadow of Russia’s strike capabilities.”

As stated in the material of the state portal “Explain.rf”, the nuclear-powered Oreshnik can deliver charges with a capacity of 900 kilotons, or “45 Hiroshima”. The Little Boy bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 was equivalent in power to 13-18 kilotons of TNT. It is also clarified that this missile cannot be shot down.

The launch of Oreshnik was called a signal to the West

Previously Speaker Federation Council Valentina Matvienko stated that the signal from the Russian President, which he sent to Western countries by launching the Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile, was received and decrypted. “We know for sure that the signal has already been deciphered by specific people who will determine policy on Ukraine, security policy, and international politics Washington after January 20, 2025,” she said.

The use of the Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile by the Russian Armed Forces was impressive UK. This was stated by the Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Andrey Kelin. “British society was deeply impressed by the use of Oreshnik,” the diplomat emphasized.

Kelin also toldthat UK officials were trying to send “calming signals” under the impression of the strike Russian Armed Forces. In his opinion, the attempts of the British authorities did not work, as the country’s media released alarming publications.

The use of Oreshnik became known on November 21

President of Russia Vladimir Putin reported about the first use of the new Oreshnik missile on November 21. The head of state said that the strike was carried out on an industrial enterprise in Ukraine as a response to the launch Kyiv Western long-range missiles deep into Russian territory.

He also described the epicenter of the explosion from “Oreshnik” with the words “everything turns to dust.” Management General Staffaccording to Putin, together with the Ministry of Defense picks up suitable targets for the next strike on Ukraine.

The Russian leader also said that on November 19, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked military facilities in RF six operational-tactical missiles ATACMS production USAand on November 21 launched a combined missile attack with the Storm Shadow and HIMARS.

Then the air defense systems repelled the attacks. The goals set by the enemy were not achieved. At the same time, in the Bryansk region, after the strike, a fire broke out at an ammunition depot. The fire was extinguished, there were no casualties or serious damage, he added.