Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that experts who doubt the effectiveness of the Russian Oreshnik missile organize a “technological duel“, mk.ru reported.
“Choose any object in Kiev, surround it with all air defense systems, and then Russia will strike it. The Russian Federation is ready for such an experiment“, Putin said in Moscow during his annual press conference.
The President of the Russian Federation stated that “there is no chance“ Russian missile to be shot down, adding that its range is 5.5 thousand kilometers.
According to Putin, the special military operation (as Moscow calls the war in Ukraine) is going according to plan for the Russian army and it is getting closer to achieving the set tasks. At the same time, Putin said that he does not know when the Russian army will liberate the parts of the Kursk region occupied by Ukraine, but he is adamant that this will happen at some point.
Earlier this month, Vladimir Putin said that “Oreshnik” almost eliminates the need to use nuclear weapons. In addition, Putin assured that the hypersonic missile can be equipped with nuclear warheads and cannot be intercepted.