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.

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 intermediate-range ballistic missile that Russia shot at a Ukrainian munitions factory in Dnipro last week was “almost certainly” developed before Moscow announced its withdrawal from 2019’s Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty that banned IRBMs,

Bomb disposal experts in Kyiv discovered a Russian Kh-55 missile, shedding new light on the attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure from November 28, 2024, reports the Ukrainian portal Defense Express.