“We have never publicly announced this before. But we can confirm that one of the three ‘Orešnik’ systems was successfully destroyed on their territory – in Kapustine Yar – by the forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), the SBU and the Foreign Intelligence Service (SZR). It was a very successful mission. The destruction was 100 percent,” he said according to the Malyuk agency. He added that the operation was “extremely successful, but at the time it was not made public” and that only “the President of Ukraine and several presidents of other countries” received the information.

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According to Malyuk, the successful shootdown took place"the summer before last", when Russia had not yet publicly used or threatened to use the"Oreshnik" system.

The head of Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service, Oleg Ivashchenko, added that Russia originally had three shots of this system:"They have one. We think they could have produced up to three this year. And they plan to produce up to six every year."

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also warned that Russia plans to deploy the "Orešnik" system on the territory of Belarus."We understand that their approximate range is 5,500 kilometers. And there is a dead zone of 700 kilometers. This means that Europeans - especially Eastern Europe - should pay attention to this. Actually, everyone. We need to be aware of these risks," he said.