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Vladimir Putin claimed the Oreshnik missile cannot be shot down and proposed a…

2026-07-24 · 12:55 UTC ·@FrenchResponse ·0 min read

Brief

Vladimir Putin publicly challenged Western defenses by asserting the Oreshnik missile is undefeatable and proposing a televised experiment: let Western experts concentrate all air- and missile-defense assets on a chosen point (he gave Kyiv as an example) and Russia will try to strike it with Oreshnik to demonstrate whether their systems can intercept it, framing the initiative as a test of Western readiness.

Why it matters

Vladimir Putin claimed the Oreshnik missile cannot be shot down and proposed a public 'high-tech duel' to prove it, inviting Western experts to pick a target.

Key details

  • Putin suggested Kyiv as an example target and called on Western air- and missile-defense systems to converge there so Russia can attempt to strike it with the Oreshnik, framing readiness as the real question.
Source evidence

How the Kremlin sees war:

Aleksey The Great 🇷🇺🎖 (@aleksthgrt)

🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin:

They have no chance of shooting down the Oreshnik missile. If any Western experts doubt this, let's have a high-tech duel of the 21st century.

Let them choose a target; for example, a point in Kiev. Let them gather all their air and missile defense systems in that area, and we will strike that target with the Oreshnik, and then we will see what happens.

We are ready for such an experiment. The real question is whether they are ready for it.

Video

— https://nitter.net/aleksthgrt/status/2080484714880614786#m