The army of the aggressor country, russia, has probably launched a second Oreshnik missile over Ukraine. According to unconfirmed information, the missile malfunctioned and fell on russian territory.
Forbes journalist David Axe wrote about this, citing a message from Ukrainian serviceman and blogger Kyrylo Sazonov.
On Thursday, February 6, Sazonov wrote in his Telegram channel that the russians allegedly launched a missile from the territory of the Astrakhan Oblast towards Ukraine.
"Something heavy (presumably the vaunted Oreshnik) was launched from the Astrakhan Oblast over the territory of Ukraine. The possible target - Kyiv," Sazonov wrote.
He added that the missile launched by the russians allegedly malfunctioned right during the flight and fell on the territory of the russian federation.
Sazonov published a post with this information at 11:03 a.m.
Photo: screenshot.
At the same time, at 10:32 a.m., the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the threat of the use of ballistic weapons for the entire territory of Ukraine. However, their message does not mention the Oreshnik missile.
Photo: screenshot.
At the time of writing, the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Ukrainian special services did not comment on the information published by Sazonov. There is no confirmation that the russians actually launched the Oreshnik missile.
According to Axe, although it is not possible to independently confirm the launch of the second Oreshnik missile and its probable failure, the probable incident would not be particularly surprising.
According to the journalist, the Oreshnik is a variant of the RS-26 Rubezh intercontinental ballistic missile, but with less fuel and a shorter flight range.
Axe noted that the first test of the RS-26 missile, which the russians conducted in 2011, ended in failure: the prototype of the missile deviated from the course and exploded a few kilometers from the launch site.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, failures haunt russia not only with the Oreshnik and RS-26 missiles. As Business Insider wrote the day before, the russians cannot bring the RS-28 Sarmat missile to its senses. They lack the competence that Ukrainian engineers from Yuzhmash possess.
As we will recall, The Economist wrote in late January that an analysis of the wreckage of the russian Oreshnik showed that the "newest" missile turned out to be not so new.
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