Burevestnik: Vladimir Putin in Flecktarn praises new nuclear-capable missile (video)

Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin emphasized the military strength of the nuclear power at a meeting with the Russian General Staff in a command center at an undisclosed location. The military has recorded numerous successes in the war against Ukraine, and the test of the Burevestnik long-range nuclear missile was successful, said Putin, who appeared in uniform, in a video published by the Kremlin.

Putin first had Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov brief him on the current situation at the front. According to the general, the Ukrainian garrisons of the cities of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region and Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region are encircled. According to him, 5,000 Ukrainian soldiers are affected by the encirclement.

This information cannot be confirmed independently. The Ukrainian military portal “Deepstate” has only drawn a semicircle from northeast to southwest around Pokrovsk, which is considered to be under Russian control. The fighting for the city has been raging for months.

The Burevestnik nuclear missile was tested during the most recent maneuver by Russian nuclear forces on October 21st. According to Gerasimov, the rocket was in the air for 15 hours and traveled a distance of 14,000 kilometers. Putin praised the rocket as a “unique product that no one else in the world has.” He called on the Chief of Staff to create the infrastructure to introduce the new weapon to the armed forces. Putin first mentioned the development of the intercontinental ballistic missile in 2018. Since then there are said to have been several tests.