Ukraine’s intelligence services destroyed a Russian Oreshnik ballistic missile inside Russian territory in the summer of 2024, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced.
❗️Ukraine has DESTROYED one of Russia’s “Oreshnik” on Russian territory, with only three believed to exist, Vasyl Maliuk, head of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU), said. pic.twitter.com/0xtcShFJlS
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) October 31, 2025
The joint operation, carried out by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) and Defense Intelligence Directorate (HUR), targeted the missile at the Kapustin Yar testing site in Astrakhan Oblast.
The Oreshnik, reportedly capable of carrying nuclear warheads and reaching ranges of up to 5,000 kilometers, was first used by Russia in a strike on Dnipro in November 2024.
🚨⚡Ukrainian intelligence says it destroyed one of Russia's three Oreshnik ballistic missiles on Russian territory in the summer of 2023, adding that Moscow can produce up to six Oreshnik missiles per year.
— MOSCOW NEWS 🇷🇺 (@MOSCOW_EN) October 31, 2025
The strike was a joint operation by the Security Service of Ukraine… pic.twitter.com/L07v1ww0Ca
Experts say it is likely a modified version of the older RS-26 Rubezh missile, not a groundbreaking weapon as claimed by President Vladimir Putin.
⚡️ Ukraine destroyed 'Oreshnik' missile inside Russian territory, Zelensky says.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) October 31, 2025
SBU chief Vasyl Maliuk later specified that the missile was destroyed at the Kapustin Yar missile range in Russia’s Astrakhan Oblast.https://t.co/BErfHi5H2I
Analysts told the Kyiv Independent that Russia’s new missile program appears to be more propaganda than progress.
U.S. officials added that the system poses no new strategic threat to Ukraine or NATO despite Moscow’s attempt to showcase advanced military capability.
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