President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia would keep testing its new Oreshnik hypersonic missile in combat and had a stock ready for use, while Ukraine said it was already at work to develop air systems to counter the weapon.

The Kremlin says that the firing of a hypersonic missile and an address by Vladimir Putin are clear messages to the West - describing the move to let Ukraine use their weapons to strike Russia as "reckless".

Russia launched a new non-nuclear ballistic missile with medium range on Ukraine’s Dnipro region on Thursday, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said in a televised statement, marking another significant escalation in the 1,