Putin challenges West with missile interception boast
Vladimir Putin proposed conducting a technological experiment: for the West and Ukraine to designate a target in Kyiv, Russia will strike it with an Oresznik missile, and the air defence and anti-missile systems will attempt to intercept it.
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Putin reiterated his propaganda claim that the "Oresznik" cannot be shot down. According to him, the range of this missile is up to 5,500 kilometres (3,420 miles).
The leader of Russia claims that even the missile defence systems installed in Romania and Poland are not capable of reaching the "Oresznik" complex.
In his opinion, if Western experts believe that the "Oresznik" is merely an improved version of old Soviet weaponry, then they should "organize a high-tech duel between Russia and the West."
Putin: "We are ready"
"Let them identify a target, say in Kyiv, concentrate all their air defence and missile defence forces there, and we will strike with the 'Oresznik.' And we will see what happens. We are ready for such an experiment," stated Putin.
On 21 November, Russia used the "Oresznik" missile to attack a military facility in Dnipro. The President of Russia described it as a response to the use by the Armed Forces of Ukraine of Western long-range missiles, ATACMS and Storm Shadow, to attack Russian territory.
