MOSCOW, November 24. /TASS/. Russia showed responsibility by warning the US about the launch of the Oreshnik intermediate-range missile although it didn’t have to do so, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told television host Pavel Zarubin.

"This Oreshnik missile does not fall under any documents that would bind us to notify the Americans in advance because it is an intermediate-range missile. But because it is a ballistic missile, it is tracked by the automatic warning system. It was simply a responsible move on the part of the Russian Federation," the spokesman told the reporter from the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.

The US was notified automatically 30 minutes before the launch by Russia's Nuclear Risk Reduction Center.

Putin said on November 21 that Russia fired its newest Oreshnik hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile with a non-nuclear warhead at a Ukrainian defense industry facility in Dnepr. According to the president, it was a response to strikes into Russian territory with UK and UK weapons. The Russian leader said Russia is developing intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles in connection with US plans to produce and deploy similar weapons in Europe and the Asia-Pacific.