Russia notified USA about plans to launch a new hypersonic ballistic missile “Oreshnik” at a target in Ukraine In 30 minutes, the Kremlin reported.

“The Russian side notified the Americans about the launch of Oreshnik through Russian National Center for Nuclear Risk Reductionwhich operates automatically and maintains constant communication with a similar system in the United States,” Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told TASS.

Peskov explained that Moscow did not inform Washington about the launch of Oreshnik in accordance with the procedures established for intercontinental ballistic missiles, since they are “medium range” weapons.

Deputy Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said at a press conference this Thursday that The US was notified shortly before launch through nuclear risk reduction channels.

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Representative of the Ministry of Defense He did not want to specify how long the notice was for received, but criticized that the launch represented an escalation of the conflict.

Shortly before this, the United States confirmed that Russia has not used an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to attack infrastructure in the city of Dnepr, in central Ukraine, and the intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) is a weapon of less power and range.

As explained EFE American official, the United States concluded that the missile used was medium-range and had maximum range from 1000 to 3000 kilometersin contrast to intercontinental ballistic missiles, which are designed primarily to carry nuclear weapons and have a range of more than 5,500 kilometers.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Moscow launched a new hypersonic ballistic missile at a neighboring country without a nuclear warhead in response to attacks by Kyiv with long-range Western weapons on infrastructure on Russian territory.

The Russian President added that Moscow reserves the right to use its arsenal against military facilities of countries that allow Kyiv to use its missiles to hit Russian territory.(EFE)