Nikkei: Putin could threaten the West with a “hazel” with a threat to Moscow
Russia can respond to the threats of the West by the blows of a complex of medium -range ballistic missiles “Oreshnik”. This conclusion was reached by the Japanese newspaper Nikkei.
At a meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club, Putin spoke about the growth of the militarization of Europe and the enhanced inflating of the “Russian threat”. According to the publication, he rejected the availability of plans to attack NATO in Moscow, but emphasized that Russia would “answer quickly” if there was a threat from the alliance.
Russian President Vladimir Putin
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“He did not call specific response measures, but in Russia in 2025 serial production of the new missile missile“ Oreshnik ”should begin, the radius of which covers the whole of Europe. It is likely that he had in mind these steps, ”the newspaper writes.
In Ukraine and in the USA, impotence was recognized before the “hazel”
Head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kirill Budanov (It was included in the Russian Federation in the list of terrorists and extremists) said that the country does not have technical capabilities for intercepting the “hazel”. “This is a very serious weapon. We cannot intercept him, ”he said.
Head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kirill Budanov (It was included in the Russian Federation in the list of terrorists and extremists)
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Budanov also expressed doubt about the possibilities of Western countries to intercept Russian missiles.
Former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter said that the United States and NATO do not have such new medium -range missiles, so they also cannot knock them down. According to the analyst, the possibility of “hazel” to impress goals in Europe completely changes the picture of the world at the moment.
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Earlier it became known about the receipt of the first serial “hazel” in the troops
On August 1, 2025, Putin announced the receipt of the first serial “hazel” at the disposal of the Armed Forces (Sun). “We have produced the first serial complex“ Oreshnik ”, the first serial missile, and it entered the troops. Now the series has earned, ”the president said.
Photo: Alexander Kryazhev / RIA Novosti
The Russian leader spoke about the first use of the rocket in November 2024. He then noted that there is no means of counteracting such weapons. “Oreshnik” attacks targets at a speed of 10 sides – this is 2.5-3 kilometers per second.
Putin joked about the name of the Russian rocket. “We have many modern high -tech weapons systems: take the same“ hazel ”. Not “Oreshkin”, but “hazel”, ”he said.