MOSCOW, December 4. /TASS/. The test of Russia’s newest Oreshnik hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile has become a confirmation of the ability to recognize in advance the West's meanness and lack of trust towards it, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing.
"I think this has already happened, and the test of the Oreshnik missile is the very proof of it," she said in response to a question about how to stop trusting the West's promises and recognize its meanness in advance.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on November 21 that the United States and its NATO allies had earlier announced that they would authorize Ukraine’s use of long-range weapons to hit inside Russia, after which American and British missiles struck Russian military facilities in the Kursk and Bryansk regions. He said that Russia responded to those attacks by firing Russia’s newest Oreshnik hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile with a non-nuclear warhead at a Ukrainian defense industry facility, the Yuzhmash plant in Dnepr (formerly Dnepropetrovsk). The Russian leader emphasized that the West’s provocative policies could have dire consequences if they further escalate the conflict.