President says hypersonic missile fired at Dnipro military site in reply to Kyiv’s strikes in Russia with western missiles

Vladimir Putin has said Russia fired an experimental medium-range ballistic missile at a military site in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, and that Moscow “had the right” to strike western countries that provide Kyiv with long-range weapons.

Speaking during an unannounced televised address to the nation, Putin said Russia tested the new ballistic hypersonic missile Oreshnik to strike a military facility in Dnipro.