MAD Vlad is under mounting pressure to use a hypersonic near-nuclear missile as a response to Ukraine’s biggest drone attack on Moscow since the start of Russia’s war.
Political yes-men pressed the tyrannical leader to unleash the notoriously devastating Oreshnik missile on Ukrainians who he said “must be crushed”.
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Col-Gen Andrey Kartapolov, 61, said: “The decision is up to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief [Putin], but I think it would not be unreasonable [to launch the Oreshnik] – better yet, more than one.”
The ex-deputy defence minister and Russian MP also said that the drone attack on Moscow was a “propaganda move” by Kyiv, and was set up to “show off” before the U.S.-Ukraine talks in Saudi Arabia today.
The intermediate-range ballistic missile has been used by Putin before, striking Dnipro last November after Kyiv used US-made ATACMS missiles on Russian territory for the first time after gaining permission.
What is the Oreshnik?
The Oreshnik is Putin’s new intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) that travels at Mach 10, making interception nearly impossible.
The missile can strike targets up to 5,000 km away, covering much of Europe.
It carries up to six independently targeted warheads.
The weapon was first used in Dnipro Ukraine in November 2024, marking its battlefield debut.
It is designed to dodge missile defences with unpredictable flight paths.
The Oreshnik could be armed with nuclear warheads, increasing its strategic threat.
The missile can reach up to 4,000 degrees Celsius.
Its code name, Oreshnik, means hazel tree in Russian.
According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies the missile was derived from the RS-26, an intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.
The devastating Oreshnik missile can reach 7,600mph (the speed of sound, Mach 10), become up to 4,000 degrees, and carry six different warheads.
Its speed can be particularly lethal as it gives less time for Ukrainian air defence forces to intercept or react to the weapon.
It comes as Ukraine launched 337 drones toward 10 different Russian regions overnight on March 11, with 91 of them shot down over the Moscow region.
Three deaths were confirmed along with dozens of injuries, whilst multiple oil facilities were hit and a short shutdown at Moscow’s airports occurred.
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Earlier today, Belarus leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko, announced that the Oreshnik system would arrive in his country imminently.
The negotiations between Ukraine and the U.S. in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia come after the massive drone strikes on Moscow overnight.
President Zelensky’s top negotiator said that his country is “ready to do everything for peace”.
Andriy Yermak told reporters: “No one wants peace more than Ukrainians.
“Ukraine is ready to go for this goal because it’s what Ukrainians want the most after more than three years of Russia’s full-scale invasion.”
Ukrainian representatives are currently in talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz to discuss the key minerals deal, peace terms as well as mending the US-Ukraine relationship.
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2025-03-11 09:58:38