Russia lost one of its "Oreshnik"

We have never announced this before, but we can briefly say that one of the three "Oreshniks" was successfully destroyed on their territory, in Kapustin Yar, by the forces of the GUR (Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, — ed.), the SBU, and the SZR (Foreign Intelligence Service, — ed.).

Vasyl Malyuk

Head of the SBU

According to Malyuk, "the destruction was one hundred percent."

He also officially confirmed to reporters that this operation was not advertised in any way.

The implementation of the successful operation was reported exclusively to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, Volodymyr Zelensky.

In addition, several leaders of other states knew about this.

"This was at a time when the name "Oreshnik" was not widely known or used, and the Russians at that time were not particularly threatening with it. If I'm not mistaken, we carried out this successful operation the summer before last," explained Vasyl Malyuk.

What is important to understand is that the Oreshnik is a Russian intermediate-range ballistic missile. Its speed can reach over 12,300 km/h.