MOSCOW, May 26. /TASS/. Russia’s Oreshnik intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile system is capable of destroying enemy underground industrial infrastructure, Alexander Stepanov, a military expert at the Institute of Law and National Security at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), told TASS, commenting on a Russian Foreign Ministry statement.
Earlier, the ministry stated that the Ukrainian armed forces’ strike on Starobelsk had exhausted the country’s patience, and that the Russian Armed Forces were beginning systematic strikes against Ukrainian military-industrial complex facilities in Kiev. "A new mechanism for eliminating the military-industrial complex has been activated. And here, by the way, it’s necessary to note the role of the Oreshnik missile system, given the assessed capabilities of its kinetic potential for destroying underground industrial infrastructure. This is truly what is capable of penetrating these numerous Soviet-era engineering legacy sites, which now house the main assembly shops and storage facilities for components for the Ukrainian attack and reconnaissance drones, as well as Flamingo-type missiles," Stepanov said.
