Officially: Russia may hit Ukraine with a Hazel nut in the coming days — Pentagon

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The Russian Armed Forces may strike Ukraine with an Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile in the coming days. This was stated at a briefing by Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh, the Associated Press reports.

She said she could not provide any details, including exactly where Russia might strike.

According to Singh, the United States does not believe that the use of "Hazel" will be a turning point on the battlefield, however, according to her, the Russians "are trying to use all the weapons in their arsenal to intimidate Ukraine."

As reported by EADaily, Russia may strike at Ukraine with another medium-range ballistic missile "Oreshnik" in the coming days. This was reported by Bloomberg with reference to an American official.

The agency did not provide details, but referred to the message of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, which states that Russia will respond to today's attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the airbase in Taganrog six American ballistic missiles ATACMS.

Recall, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a missile strike with American high-precision ATACMS missiles at the Taganrog military airfield in the Rostov region, two of the six missiles were shot down, the remaining four were rejected by electronic warfare. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.