Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have reported that the capabilities of the Russian state-of-the-art Oreshnik missile are nothing new, and its use will not lead to further escalation in the war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin defended Russia's use of Oreshnik intermediate range missile and claiming that NATO has no way to intercept it.

Russia's attack on Ukraine that used an "experimental" intermediate-range ballistic missile dubbed Oreshnik was messaging, not mass destruction. Why it matters: The Nov. 21 salvo underscored how little recourse Moscow has to Western aid — like Army Tactical Missile Systems — once deemed red lines.