STORY: On Nov. 21 Russia struck Ukraine's Dnipro with a new kind of missile.Known as Oreshnik, or hazel tree in Russia, it caused limited damage, according to senior officials. But the first combat use of such a design – which Russian President Vladimir Putin called unstoppable – has drawn scrutiny from Western military experts.

The Pentagon says the Oreshnik is a tweak of Russia’s RS-26 Rubezh missile, an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that has been tested since 2011.

Last week, Russia fired its new intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Ukraine and hit a factory in the central city of Dnipro, as the country puts the weapon into mass production

Russia’s new ballistic missile flies on a high arc out of Earth’s atmosphere and releases multiple high-speed projectiles, making it challenging but not impossible to intercept

Vladimir Putin has claimed Moscow launched a new hypersonic ballistic missile against Ukraine in response to strikes by Kyiv inside Russia using UK and US long-range missiles.

As tensions rise, the deployment of such advanced weapons marks a concerning escalation in the conflict, signalling a potential new phase of warfare

This statement was made on Nov. 28, according to Russian state news agency TASS. Putin claims that the Oreshnik missile has “no analogs” in the world and that “similar ones will not appear soon.” He once again boasted about some unconfirmed specifications of the Oreshnik,