Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia is ready to do anything to defend itself.
–Galla S Kiran Kumar, Bureau Chief“The West has strongly condemned the recent use of a hypersonic missile against Ukraine. Russia is ready to do anything to defend itself. Its allies, including the United States, are planning to strategically defeat Russia. They should understand that we are ready to use any means to repel it,” Lavrov said.
Ukraine accused Russia of attacking it with an intercontinental ballistic missile two weeks ago . However, Russia has stated that it did not launch an intercontinental missile, but a newly developed hypersonic ballistic missile called Oreshkig. Moscow has revealed that it was developed to respond strongly to Kiev and the countries that supported it if Ukraine attacks with the support of the US and Britain. This hypersonic ballistic missile travels at a speed of 10 times the speed of sound. Therefore, it is almost impossible to intercept it. Russian sources have stated that this missile can hit targets within 5 thousand kilometers with high accuracy.
