Ukraine puts wreckage of Russia's new nuclear-capable missile on public display

Charred, mangled wires and an ashy airframe the size of a ample snowfall tyre was each that remained of the missile, which tin transportation either accepted oregon atomic warheads

Ukraine has enactment the wreckage of Russia's caller experimental rocket connected show days aft it was utilized for a brutal strike.

On Thursday, Russia fired its caller intermediate-range ballistic rocket astatine Ukraine, striking a mill successful the cardinal metropolis of Dnipro. Vladimir Putin said the onslaught was n effect to Kyiv’s usage of American and British missiles susceptible of striking deeper into his country.

Today, Ukraine's Security Service showed wreckage of the caller missile to the media. Fragments of the missile, called Oreshnik - Russian for hazel tree, and which the Pentagon said is based connected Russia's RS-26 Rubezh intercontinental ballistic rocket – person not been analysed yet, according to information officials connected tract successful an undisclosed determination successful Ukraine.

After being shown to journalists, the fragments were taken distant by investigators. Charred, mangled wires and an ashy airframe the size of a ample snowfall tyre was each that remained of the weapon, which tin transportation either accepted oregon atomic warheads.

"It should beryllium noted that this is the archetypal clip that the remains of specified a rocket person been discovered connected the territory of Ukraine," said an adept with Ukraine's Security Service, who identified himself lone by his archetypal sanction Oleh due to the fact that helium wasn't authorised to sermon the contented with the media. Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate said the rocket was fired from the 4th Missile Test Range, Kapustin Yar, successful Russia's Astrakhan portion and flew for 15 minutes earlier striking Dnipro.

The rocket had six warheads, each carrying six submunitions. The highest velocity was 11 Mach - astir 13,600 kph. Two radical were wounded arsenic a effect of the rocket onslaught earlier this week, section officials said. They added that successful summation to the concern facility, a rehabilitation centre for radical with disabilities was damaged too.

Today, Ukraine's aerial unit said astatine slightest 73 Russian onslaught drones entered the country's airspace overnight betwixt Saturday and Sunday. Ukraine said it downed 50 of the drones, portion 19 much were mislaid successful formation and 4 much were inactive flying successful Ukrainian airspace astatine astir 7am section time. Russia's Defence Ministry reported downing 36 Ukrainian drones overnight.

Russia said its ain strikes were portion of a wider run of attacks connected "military airfields, accumulation facilities and retention sites for drones, arsenic good arsenic concentrations of force manpower and subject equipment." Drone exchanges person been a changeless constituent of the warfare betwixt Russia and Ukraine - with Putin's state often combining its drone barrages with rocket strikes.

"This week, the aerial alert sounded astir each time passim Ukraine," President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote connected Telegram aboriginal Sunday. "During the week, Russia utilized much than 800 guided aerial bombs, astir 460 onslaught drones and much than 20 missiles of assorted types against Ukraine and our people."

He added: "Ukraine is not a weapons investigating ground. Ukraine needs much aerial defense, and we are moving connected this with our partners. It is precise important to fortify the extortion of our sky." Tensions roseate earlier this week arsenic Ukraine targeted Russia with the ATACMS long-range rocket from the US for the archetypal clip hours earlier Putin approved his new atomic doctrine.

The onslaught deed a subject installation adjacent the metropolis of Karachev, successful the portion of Bryansk Oblast, which is located astir 130km - 80 miles - from the Ukrainian borderline overnight. Initially, the onslaught was reported by a root linked to the Ukrainian Defence Forces, but the Russian Defence Ministry aboriginal confirmed it too. The root said: "Indeed, ATACMS was utilized for the archetypal clip to onslaught the territory of the Russian Federation. The onslaught was carried retired connected a installation successful the Bryansk region, it was successfully destroyed."