Fear of loss diminished: Russia announced the lifting of the moratorium on the deployment of two types of nuclear missiles.

Russia is planning to soon lift the moratorium on the deployment of medium- and short-range nuclear missiles. The Kremlin has accused the United States of this, claiming that the U.S. is deploying such missiles in various regions around the world. In reality, this decision is an element of Russia's nuclear blackmail.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced the Kremlin's decision, as reported by "Voice of America." This is essentially a direct violation of the Treaty on Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF Treaty) signed in 1987.

In 2019, the administration of Donald Trump withdrew from the INF Treaty due to numerous violations by the Russian Federation and the uncontrollability of China's nuclear arsenal. Russia stated that it would unilaterally uphold the moratorium on the development of missiles previously banned by the INF Treaty.

At the same time, Lavrov stated that there are currently "no conditions" for strategic dialogue with Washington. Thus, he effectively confirmed that this is one of the elements of nuclear blackmail that Russia is using against the civilized world.

Interestingly, Russian leader Vladimir Putin "graciously" claimed that Russia is prepared not to deploy missiles in its exclave on the Baltic coast. This refers to the part of East Prussia occupied by Russia – the former Königsberg (Kaliningrad).

Strike of "Oreshnik" on Dnipro

On November 21, Russians launched an intercontinental ballistic missile from the Astrakhan region of Russia, specifically from the Kapustin Yar test site, targeting Dnipro. According to Putin, this is a new missile named "Oreshnik." It struck the Yuzhmash factory. Allegedly, it successfully completed its flight and reached its target. The dictator added that Russia will continue to test the missile in combat conditions.

Later, the GUR stated that Russia struck not with "Oreshnik," but with the missile system "Kedr". The flight time of this Russian missile from launch in the Astrakhan region to impact in Dnipro was 15 minutes. It is known that as of October 2024, Russia had only been able to produce two experimental samples of the missile from the missile system "Kedr", one of which hit Dnipro on November 21.

The missile was equipped with six warheads: each armed with six submunitions. Reports indicate that the missile was loaded with warheads that did not contain explosives. Thus, Russia essentially dropped empty dummies on the city. This is why there were no powerful explosions.