The Pentagon says the Oreshnik is a tweak of Russia’s RS-26 Rubezh missile, an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that has been tested since 2011.

Russia named the missile the Oreshnik, or hazel tree, and said it is impossible to intercept it with air defenses.

This is the first time Russia has used its so-called Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile in combat. The launch also serves as a warning to the West.

The Russian troops attacked the territory of Ukraine using a ballistic missile on 21 November, probably from the Kedr missile system, as reported by Defence Intelligence of Ukraine. Source: Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Details: The flight time of this Russian missile from the moment of launch in Russia’s Astrakhan Oblast to strike the city of Dnipro was 15 minutes.

Russia fired a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday in response to the U.S. and UK's allowing Kyiv to strike Russian territory with advanced Western weapons,

A new intermediate-range ballistic missile called Oreshnik used by Russia in a strike on Ukraine this month is a state-of-the art weapon that the West cannot intercept, President Vladimir Putin has said.

On Wednesday, November 27, the OSCE Permanent Council and Forum for Security Cooperation will hold a special session at Ukraine’s request to address Russia’s strike on Dnipro using a medium-range ballistic missile.

Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened on Thursday to fire the military's new medium-range missiles at further targets in Ukraine, including the capital Kiev. The Oreshnik ballistic missile was first deployed last week against the Ukrainian industrial city of Dnipro,

President Putin was pleased with the test of the brand new Oreshnik missile in mid-November. This new Russian superweapon was tested in war conditions at a Ukrainian military installation in Dnipro. Nuclear warhead?