KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine destroyed one of Russia’s intermediate-range Oreshnik missiles in a special operation in summer 2023, the head of the SBU security service said on Friday.

Vasyl Maliuk told reporters the operation was carried out jointly by SBU, GUR military intelligence, and foreign intelligence, adding that it was “100% successful”.

Reuters was unable to independently verify the report.

Russia first used the Oreshnik – hazel tree in Russian – missile against Ukraine in November 2024, targeting a defence enterprise in Dnipro, more than a year after Kyiv’s purported destruction of one of the missiles.

“We can say briefly and concisely that one of the three Oreshniks was successfully destroyed on their (Russian) territory at Kapustin Yar…,” Maliuk said during a briefing chaired b

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