Journalists were shown pieces of the Oreshnik missile

The Security Service of Ukraine has shown journalists of the AP agency the wreckage of the Oreshnik missile with which Russia hit Ukraine on 21 November. This is stated by the AP.

From the weapon, which can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads, left charred, mangled wires and ashy body the size of a large winter tyre - described what journalists saw.

It is noted that fragments of a missile called Oreshnik - which the Pentagon says is based on Russia's RS-26 Rubezh intercontinental ballistic missile - have yet to be analysed.

An SBU spokesman told the mass media that this was the first time fragments of such a weapon had been found on Ukrainian territory.

The missile was moving in a ballistic trajectory, which was only affected by aerodynamic drag, the consequence of which was damage, in particular, to civilian infrastructure and infrastructure of the city of Dnipro," the security service official said.

Earlier, the GSD said that the missile was fired from the Kapustin Yar 4th missile range in Russia's Astrakhan Region and flew for 15 minutes before hitting the Dnieper River.

The missile had six warheads, each carrying six submunitions.

Russian dictator Putin then claimed that Russia had hit Dnipro with a medium-range Oreshnik missile and said there had been an "experimental" and "successful launch." Zelensky called it a "second step towards escalation" of the war