MOSCOW, November 27. /TASS/. The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will study Russia’s experience of using the latest Oreshnik hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile as well as the international situation that compelled Russia to carry out these trials, CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov said in an interview with TASS.

"The CSTO is studying the experience of using and testing all modern arms and their development prospects. This is an indivisible component of our work. We are also analyzing together the international situation where Russia was compelled to carry out the trials of this new missile system and possible scenarios of this situation unfolding," he said, replying to a question on the matter.

Tasmagambetov noted that it would also be useful for other countries to seriously and thoroughly analyze the situation and particularly its potential consequences which is important for the return to peaceful ways of resolving any conflicts or differences worldwide.

Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed out on November 21 that US-and UK-made missiles had targeted military facilities in Russia’s borderline Kursk and Bryansk regions following a move by the US and its NATO allies to authorize the use of their long-range weapons for strikes against Russia. According to Putin, in retaliation to the attacks, Russia for the first time used its newest Oreshnik non-nuclear intermediate-range ballistic missiles against Ukraine’s Yuzhmash defense industry facility in the city of Dnepropetrovsk (called Dnepr in Ukraine). The Russian leader emphasized that the West could face dire consequences if its provocative policy escalated the conflict further.