MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin has proclaimed on Sunday (26th Oct, 2025) that Russia has successfully tested nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile capable of remaining airborne for 15 hours and covering a distance of 14,000 kms.
Maintaining that no one else in the world has it Putin said: “We need to determine the possible ways of using it and start preparing the infrastructure for deploying this weapon.” Chief of General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, informed that during the test Burevestnik cruise missile had manifested its high capabilities in evading anti-missile and anti-aircraft defences.
On 7th Sept, for the first time, since the war with Ukraine commenced, Russia targeted a govt building. It is pertinent to mention here that Russia, rejecting the plan of the West apropos deploying foreign troops inside Ukraine (following a truce), had forewarned that its military reckon them as enemy and target such forces. Russia says that it only targeted military and related infrastructure in the strikes.
Terming it the largest attack since Feb, 2022 invasion, Ukraine claimed that Russia launched four ballistic, nine cruise missiles, eight hundred and ten drones overnight, killing four and injuring 44. Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed an appropriate response.
British Defence Secretary John Healey noted that despite Putin entertaining peace talks with US President Donald Trump in Alaska, the Russian president continues to intensify his attacks against Ukraine.
Taking to X the Ukrainian PM Yulia Svyrydenko shared a photo from inside the govt bldg and stated: “This is how the headquarters of Ukraine’s government now looks after this morning’s Russian attack. Our whole team works in this building daily.
“Fortunately, no one was injured. Russian barbarism will not halt the work of Ukraine’s government. The walls will be repaired, they are only bricks, but the lives of our people can’t be restored. In this night’s Russian attack 4 people killed and 44 injured. What is clear is that Russia does not want
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