Oreshnik’s ‘Signal’ Heard Loud & Clear by Everyone in West, Says Upper House Speaker
Screenshot of social media video showing Russia’s Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile system targeting a major defense-related enterprise in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The signal from Russia’s newest medium-range missile system, known as Oreshnik, along with statements made by Russian President Vladimir Putin, were heeded throughout the West, including the team of Donald Trump, who won the US presidential election, according to Valentina Matviyenko, Speaker of the Russian Federation Council.»When I recently said that the signal sent by our Oreshnik test and the subsequent address by our president was received by all addressees in the West, I meant Trump’s team, and not just the ‘outgoing element,’ the Democrats,» Matviyenko said in an interview.
"We know for sure that the signal has already been decoded by specific people who will set both Ukraine policy and security policy and Washington's international policy after January 20, 2025," she added.
Matviyenko also noted that Trump’s vociferous comments on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine «have indeed died down.»
"But this does not mean that Trump's team has distanced itself from the Ukrainian issue. This is not true. Trump has not abandoned this topic. Confirmation of this is the recent disclosure of the person of the special envoy for Ukraine, former National Security Advisor Keith Kellogg," Matviyenko concluded.
AnalysisBetter Range, Bigger Warheads: How Oreshnik Could Become Even More Powerful30 November, 16:27 GMTEarlier, the candidate for the post of White House special representative for Russia and Ukraine, Kellogg, acknowledged the danger of talking about Ukraine’s admission to NATO.
