Vladimir Putin vows to incinerate Ukraine 'to dust' with new super missile 'as strong as a nuke'

The Russian dictator said helium would usage the caller Oreshnik missiles to crook areas of Ukraine “to dust” successful blasts “comparable to atomic weapons” during a code successful Kazakhstan

Putin has vowed to incinerate Ukraine with caller missiles firing warheads astir arsenic blistery arsenic connected the aboveground of the sun.

The Russian dictator said helium would usage the caller Oreshnik missiles to crook areas of Ukraine “to dust” successful blasts “comparable to atomic weapons”.

In a code to ex-Soviet authorities leaders successful Kazakhstan Putin vowed to ramp up his country’s accumulation of hypersonic missiles, successful a bid to outpace the West’s quality to proviso Ukraine.

Boasting astir his caller super-weapon Oreshnik, helium said that successful aboriginal it would beryllium devastating successful the demolition it caused. “Of course, determination are nary equivalents successful the world,” helium said.

"This is 10 Mach. This is astir 3 kilometres per second. The somesthesia of the damaging elements reaches 4,000C degrees…. On the aboveground of the sun, the somesthesia is 5,500-6,000 degrees.”

Last week saw the archetypal wartime deployment of Russia ’s Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile, which divided into respective sections, nary of which was equipped with a warhead, striking the metropolis of Dnipro successful Ukraine.

The motorboat was called a “test” by Putin, but helium warned aboriginal missiles would beryllium armed. He said: “Therefore, everything that is located successful the epicentre of the detonation is divided into fractions, into simple particles, turn, successful fact, into dust.

“The rocket is striking adjacent highly protected and located astatine large depths of objects…. The powerfulness of this stroke volition beryllium comparable with the usage of atomic weapons, though the weapons of wide demolition of the Oreshnik are of people not nuclear.”

He threatened: “In banal contiguous we person respective ready-made products of this kind. And, of course, the continuing blows connected the territory of Russia of large-range missiles of Western production, arsenic already mentioned, we volition answer, including a imaginable continuation of the trial of Oreshnik successful combat conditions, arsenic was done connected November 21.”

Putin besides warned that accumulation of his different missiles was being ramped up - adjacent arsenic his system is creaking with a melodramatic autumn successful his rouble currency. “As you know, officials of Western countries successful aboriginal November announced the support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to onslaught Russia with high-precision weapons of long-range of Western production.

“We person repeatedly paid attraction to the information that this would mean the nonstop engagement of these countries successful an equipped conflict…. As for the accumulation of the applicable rocket systems corresponding to the equipment, successful Russia it is 10 times much than the full accumulation of each NATO countries combined.

“Next twelvemonth this accumulation volition beryllium accrued by different 25-30%. We spot that the leaders of the Kyiv authorities beg [missiles] from their owners - and different subject equipment. Let nary 1 hide the Kalibr missile, the Dagger hypersonic rocket systems , Zircon which successful their characteristics person nary analogues successful the world, are successful work with us.

“Their accumulation is besides increased, successful afloat swing. In our paper of this people of [missiles] others whitethorn look successful the adjacent future…. As successful specified cases they say, the lawsuit volition surely beryllium satisfied. By the way, it was precisely these weapons systems that we utilized implicit the past 2 days successful effect to the continuation of the attacks by ATACMS missiles connected the territory of Russia.”

“In total, 100 systems were used, 100 missiles that I conscionable talked about. And 466 drones.” He failed to notation hitting Ukrainian vigor facilities - causing hard to civilians successful freezing temperatures arsenic they are near without power.

“Overnight we inflicted a broad stroke utilizing 90 missiles of specified classes and 100 drones to execute 17 goals. These are subject facilities, facilities of the defence manufacture and their enactment system. I repetition erstwhile again these blows connected our portion besides took spot successful effect to ongoing blows connected the Russian territory by American ATACMS missiles.

“ As already mentioned repeatedly, connected our portion determination volition ever beryllium an answer.” Putin was speaking astatine a gathering of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) successful Astana.

The gathering brought unneurotic Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon, and big Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.