Russia has not more than three or 4 Oreshnik missiles however has deliberate to launch large-scale manufacturing and manufacture 5 or extra a 12 months.
Supply: Oleh Luhovskyi, First Deputy Head of the International Intelligence Service of Ukraine (FISU), in an interview with Ukrinform, a Ukrainian information company
Quote: "By our estimates, Russia has not more than three or 4 such missiles [Oreshnik – ed.].
We all know that Russia's Defence Ministry plans in 2026 to place Oreshnik into large-scale manufacturing and to realize the capability to fabricate 5 or extra such missiles a 12 months."
Particulars: Luhovskyi stated that Oreshnik has "extra political than army content material".
Quote: "It’s primarily a device to intimidate our companions in Europe. It has questionable fight effectiveness. Oreshnik is constructed on final century's applied sciences and requires fixed technical upkeep and speedy fixing of assorted faults."
Extra particulars: Luhovskyi additionally stated that the Kremlin management will not be prepared for real negotiations to finish the warfare and that Russia is pursuing a technique of operating down the clock.
He stated that the Kremlin continues to wager on most advances deeper into Ukrainian territory, believing the entrance line and the rear may collapse.
Background:
- Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 278 airborne weapons on the night time of 8-9 January, together with one Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated {that a} clear response from the world is required, significantly from the USA, after Russia's use of an Oreshnik missile.
- Ukrainian International Minister Andrii Sybiha has stated that Russia's Oreshnik missile strike on Lviv Oblast, close to the borders with EU and NATO nations, poses a menace to European safety and requires a tricky response from companions.
- On 22 January in Davos, Zelenskyy underlined the menace to Europe posed by Russia's Oreshnik missile put in in Belarus.
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