Ukraine is asking its Western allies for the latest generation of air defense systems to protect itself after the strike of a hypersonic ballistic missile.
Vladimir Putin ordered mass production on Friday, promising new shots against Moscow's enemies.
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Ukraine is asking its Western allies for the latest generation of air defense systems to protect itself after the strike of a hypersonic ballistic missile, which Vladimir Putin ordered on Friday to be mass-produced, promising new shots against Moscow's enemies.
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Russia said it had struck the city of Dnipro, in Ukraine, on Thursday with this new intermediate-range Orechnik missile (up to 5,500 km), a heavy missile with a strategic vocation but without its nuclear charge and which was fired from the region of 'Astrakhan (southwest Russia) – a first in this war – cast a chill over Europe.
Ukraine is notably equipped with American Patriot systems – with which it claims to have already intercepted several Kinjal hypersonic missiles touted as “invincible” by the Kremlin – and their Franco-Italian equivalent Samp/T, but in too few numbers to protect all its cities. But Russia once again claims to have, with the Orechnik missile, a device that is impossible to intercept and capable of reaching all countries in Europe.
