What is Russia’s Oreshnik ballistic missile and what can it do?
- Posted on January 9, 2026
- By CNN
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What is Russia’s Oreshnik ballistic missile and what can it do?

Russia has launched an Oreshnik missile into Ukraine for the second time since the full-scale war began 2022, in a strike Kyiv’s allies say is meant as a warning for the West. Here’s what we know.