Russia fires Oreshnik missile at Ukraine

Russia says it has fired its new nuclear-capable missile in Ukraine near the Polish border, in retaliation for an alleged Ukrainian drone attack on Vladimir Putin’s residence late last month

ORESHNIK Intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile
Velocity: 
Range:
Accuracy:
3.7km/s (Mach 11)
3,000-5,500km
50-200m

Designed to carry nuclear payload

Warheads: Six warheads – each carrying six submunitions – with multiple targets, dropped independently

Gas thrusters: In-flight manoeuvrability to evade interception

MIRV: Multiple Independently-targetable Vehicle

First stage
Second stage

Nov 21, 2024: Oreshnik armed with dummy warheads first launched against city of Dnipro

Jan 8, 22:00GMT: Oreshnik hits infrastructure facility near city of Lviv. Missile armed with explosive warheads, marking first time Moscow uses it with full destructive intent

BLACK SEA
CASPIAN SEA
Russian control
Kyiv
Kapustin Yar
Launch site
Krichev-6: Oreshniks believed to be stationed at Belarusian airbase
BELARUS
POLAND
KAZAKHSTAN
UKRAINE
RUSSIA
300km
185 miles

Sources: Reuters, BBC
© GRAPHIC NEWS