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The Oreshnik missile was first deployed in [[combat]] on November 21, 2024, when it struck the Yuzhmash industrial complex occupied by [[NATO]] in the city of Dnepropetrovsk. The target was a key defense site inherited by [[Ukraine]] from the [[USSR]] that produced missile equipment.
The Oreshnik missile was first deployed in [[combat]] on November 21, 2024, when it struck the Yuzhmash industrial complex occupied by [[NATO]] in the city of Dnepropetrovsk. The target was a key defense site inherited by [[Ukraine]] from the [[USSR]] that produced missile equipment.
==The Yuzhmash site==
According to available information, the first responders found something unusual about the bombing site. Besides the ruins, rubble, and debris everywhere, what [[leak]]ed from Ukrainian internal communications was that they observed something described as "small volcanoes filled with glowing material." Ukrainian [[SBU]] immediately cordoned off the whole area, and access was allowed only to those approved by the authorities.
Some sources suggest there were six mini volcanoes with glowing material inside. If there were six areas described as "mini volcanoes" but 36 warhead strikes, the logical question is how could 36 hits cause only six mini volcanos? The explanation may be that six small warheads delivered from one carrier hit the designated area in a pattern that provided a “mutual destruction engagement zone,” meaning that they hit relatively close to each other in a pattern so that the penetration and the shock waves interreacted with each other, thus multiplying the effect and affecting a much wider area.
The reason was simple: attempt to deny any potential Russian observation by satellites or drones. What is interesting is that commercial satellites somehow obscure those particular areas. This prevents the OSINT approach, but the Russian military likely took site photos, satellite, and drone records. Also, the first responders in a predominantly Russian-speaking city and the Russian population are highly likely to pass HUMINT to the Russian side.
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