Moscow claims to have successfully tested the new nuclear-powered intercontinental ballistic missile 9M730 Burevestnik: “It covered the distance of 14 thousand kilometers in 15 hours”, announced the Russian Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov, specifying that the test took place on 21 October. For President Vladimir Putin the missile “has no equal in the world”. The Russian agencies write it.
Russian forces “have surrounded Kupyansk – in the Kharkiv region -, and the assault troops are taking control of the Ukrainian military passages on the Oskol river”: this was announced by the Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov. President Vladimir Putin, visiting a military command “of the special operation in Ukraine”, has ordered “to adopt measures to guarantee the surrender of the troops Ukrainians and minimize the loss of human lives.” Tass writes it.
“5 thousand Ukrainian soldiers surrounded in Kupyansk”
There are reportedly “up to 5,000” Ukrainian soldiers surrounded by Russians in the Kupyansk area, in Kharkiv, and “over 5,500” in the Pokrovsk area, in Donetsk. This was stated by the Kremlin quoted by Tass.