Russia used a new ballistic missile to attack Dnipro that had multiple warheads, but was without explosives, causing minimal damage, two senior Ukrainian

STORY: On Nov. 21 Russia struck Ukraine's Dnipro with a new kind of missile.Known as Oreshnik, or hazel tree in Russia, it caused limited damage, according to senior officials. But the first combat use of such a design – which Russian President Vladimir Putin called unstoppable – has drawn scrutiny from Western military experts.

The Pentagon says the Oreshnik is a tweak of Russia’s RS-26 Rubezh missile, an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that has been tested since 2011.

Russia’s new ballistic missile flies on a high arc out of Earth’s atmosphere and releases multiple high-speed projectiles, making it challenging but not impossible to intercept

The Russian leader’s use of the missile against Ukraine sends a powerful signal about his intention to weaken NATO and bend Europe’s security architecture to Russia’s will.

On Nov. 21, Russia launched its first intermediate-range ballistic missile, codenamed Oreshnik, at Dnipro, traveling just over 800 kilometers toward its target, according to British intelligence. The missile has a maximum range of 3,

The missile Russia used to hit Dnipro is a variant of the RS-26 ballistic missile. Putin has several more of these missiles, the UK Ministry of Defense informs. According to the report, on November 21,

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