{"id":3960,"date":"2026-05-30T15:52:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T12:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/russian-oreshnik-missile-fired-at-ukraine-was-9-years-old\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T15:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T12:52:25","slug":"russian-oreshnik-missile-fired-at-ukraine-was-9-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/russian-oreshnik-missile-fired-at-ukraine-was-9-years-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Oreshnik Missile Fired at Ukraine Was 9 Years Old"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to New York Post<\/em>, the analysis follows the recovery of missile fragments from one of at least three Oreshnik strikes against Ukrainian territory during the ongoing war. The nuclear-capable weapon system, which Russia first deployed against Ukraine in 2024, has an operational range exceeding 3,100 miles.<\/p>\n

Petro<\/strong>, a Ukrainian missile forensics specialist who identified himself by first name only for security purposes, revealed the findings during a Friday presentation showcasing electronics recovered from various Russian missiles and drones. The expert noted that components within the examined Oreshnik dated to 2016 or earlier.<\/p>\n

We were rather surprised, because they say that this is a very new missile, but if you look at the year of assembly, it says 2017,<\/em> Petro stated.<\/p>\n

Modernized Soviet-Era Design<\/h2>\n

Ukrainian defense officials assess the Oreshnik to be an upgraded iteration of the RS-26 Rubezh missile platform, which was successfully test-launched in 2012. The evaluation challenges Russian President Vladimir Putin’s<\/strong> assertions that the Oreshnik represents an unstoppable weapons system beyond the capability of Western air defense networks to intercept.<\/p>\n

Western military analysts have previously questioned Putin’s claims regarding the missile’s alleged invulnerability to interception.<\/p>\n

Strike Pattern Analysis<\/h2>\n

Vladyslav Vlasiuk<\/strong>, sanctions adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky<\/strong>, confirmed that the analyzed electronics came from an Oreshnik that struck the western Ukrainian city of Lviv in January. As New York Post<\/em> reports, Russia has employed the weapon system in at least three confirmed strikes during the conflict, including an attack on a town near Kyiv during a major air assault on May 24.<\/p>\n

Vlasiuk added that debris from the most recent Oreshnik strike earlier this month remains under examination by Ukrainian investigators.<\/p>\n

Chinese Component Substitution Trend<\/h2>\n

Ukrainian forensic teams have observed an increasing pattern of Chinese electronics replacing Western components in Russian missile systems, a shift Vlasiuk characterized as appearing to be forced rather than voluntary.<\/p>\n

Despite restrictions imposed by Ukraine’s Western allies on the export of dual-use electronics to Russia, Western-manufactured chips continue to surface in recovered Russian missiles and drones, having reached Moscow through illicit supply networks.<\/p>\n

Kyiv has maintained consistent pressure on Western governments to strengthen enforcement mechanisms against the flow of sensitive electronic components to Russia through third-party channels.<\/p>\n

With information from New York Post<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ukrainian forensic experts found a Russian Oreshnik missile was assembled in 2017 with Russian and Belarusian parts, contradicting Moscow’s claims it represents cutting-edge technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[939,2845,214,4173,211],"nfg_topic":[135],"class_list":["post-3960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-belarus","tag-oreshnik-missile","tag-russia","tag-russian-military-technology","tag-ukraine","nfg_topic-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3960"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=3960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}