Toomas Väli, head of the operational department of the Estonian Defence Forces’ General Staff, has stated that despite heavy pressure from Russia, Ukraine’s defences are holding, and the use of Russia's "miracle weapon" Oreshnik was merely demonstrative.

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.

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