What is Russia’s Oreshnik missile?
Russia has confirmed it used a hypersonic Oreshnik missile as part of its large-scale attack on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, over the weekend.
The barrage that killed at least four people has been condemned by European leaders with the EU’s foreign chief Kaja Kallas calling it “reckless nuclear brinkmanship”.
But what do we know about how these long-range weapons work?
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