Ukrainian researchers are studying the remains of a new russian ballistic missile intermediate range that was fired at the city of Dnipro Thursday, the first time such a powerful weapon has been used in war.
The charred and crumbled remains were in a hangar at a facility that performs forensic weapons analysis. The ukrainian experts They study this type of remains to obtain information about the supply chains and production of Russian military material and how to develop countermeasures.
Russia has named the missile Oreshnik (hazel) and has said that it is impossible to intercept it with air defenses. Ukraine has stated that the weapon reached a maximum speed of more than 13,000 kilometers per hour on its way to Dnipro on Thursday.
Los intermediate range ballistic missiles They travel up to 5,500 kilometers.
Reuters He was part of a small group of reporters given access to the missile remains on Sunday. Reporters were asked not to reveal the exact location of the site for security reasons.
Two state experts They offered cautious assessments, limiting themselves to saying that the weapon was ballistic, that it flew in a ballistic trajectory, and that the attack caused civilian damage. They did not want to answer questions or give their last names.
“These are preliminary conclusions and to say something more concrete requires time and a thorough study of the remains of the missile,” he said. Ivanone of the experts.
“It is the first time that remains of a missile of this type have been discovered on the territory of Ukraine“, said Byresearcher of Ukrainian Security Service.
Ukraine on Friday asked the I’LL TAKE an emergency meeting in response to the launch of the new ‘Oréshnik’ ballistic missile by Russiawhich, in his opinion, marked the battlefield debut of this hypersonic rocket.
The I’LL TAKE has already called for next Tuesday at its headquarters in Brussels a meeting of NATO-Ukraine Council at the level of ambassadors, to analyze Russia’s latest escalation in the war, which also today continued to worry several Western leaders.
He polish prime minister, Donald Tuskhe assured in Warsaw that “the threat of a global conflict is serious and real,” while his German counterpart, Olaf Scholzdescribed Moscow’s launch of a new hypersonic missile as a “horrible escalation.”
Ukrainian military intelligence (GUR) revealed this Friday that the ‘Oreshnik’ (Hazel) could have been launched from the missile complex Cedarlocated in the Russian region of Astrakhanand which took only 15 minutes to complete the thousand kilometers between the launch site and the target in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.
The missile had six homing heads with six submunitions each and the speed reached in the final section of its trajectory was greater than Mach 11that is, eleven times the speed of sound.
The spokesperson for the I’LL TAKE, Farah Dakhlallahstressed that the allies will continue to provide military assistance to Ukraine in the same way as they did after the missile launch.
“The deployment of this capability will not change the course of the conflict or deter NATO allies.” to support Ukraine,” he emphasized in Brussels.
(With information from Reuters and EFE)
