By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-11 16:53:22 | Updated at 2024-12-22 07:32:41
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Russia could launch another hypersonic missile at Ukraine soon, US official says
Rooters ^ | December 11, 2024 | Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt
Posted on 12/11/2024 8:37:19 AM PST by Navy Patriot
Russia could launch another hypersonic ballistic missile in Ukraine in the coming days, but Washington does not consider the Oreshnik weapon a game-changer in the war, a U.S. official said on Wednesday. Russia first fired the Oreshnik missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Nov. 21, in what President Vladimir Putin cast as a response to Ukraine's first use of U.S. ATACMs ballistic missiles and British Storm Shadows to strike Russian territory with Western permission.
Putin has previously said Russia may use the Oreshnik again, including to hit "decision-making centers" in Kyiv, if Ukraine keeps attacking Russia with long-range Western weapons. Putin has claimed that the Oreshnik, or hazel tree, is impossible to intercept and that it has destructive power comparable to that of a nuclear weapon, even when fitted with a conventional warhead. Some Western experts have said the novel feature of the Oreshnik was that it carried multiple warheads capable of simultaneously striking different targets - something usually associated with longer-range intercontinental ballistic missiles.
The war is entering what some Russian and Western officials say could be its final and most dangerous phase as Moscow's forces advance at their fastest pace since the early weeks of the conflict. President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office next month, has pushed for a ceasefire and negotiations to end the war quickly, leaving Washington's long-term support for Ukraine in question.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ukraine
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1 posted on 12/11/2024 8:37:19 AM PST by Navy Patriot
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