Russia has successfully tested its nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile and will work towards deploying the weapon, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday, which comes as Moscow launched its second deadly attack on Ukraine in two nights.

The missile, which is claimed to possess extreme endurance and may pose a significant radiological hazard, is said to have made its first long-range test flight.

The Burevestnik is a nuclear-powered, nuclear-capable cruise missile announced in 2018 by Russia's Vladimir Putin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has given state awards to the developers of the Burevestnik cruise missile and the Poseidon underwater torpedo, the latest signal in what analysts have cast as efforts by the Kremlin to discourage the West from supporting Ukraine.

Moscow carried out a successful test of its new “invincible” nuclear-capable cruise missile, with the Kremlin working towards military deployment of the weapon, Russian President

Dmitri S. Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman, told Russian news agencies that recent drone and missile tests were not nuclear weapons tests.

The Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile will take flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s latest threats that Moscow is preparing to deploy its new “invincible” nuclear-capable cruise missile dubbed the “flying

What is Russia's doomsday missile and Khabarovsk? Russia has launched the nuclear-powered submarine Khabarovsk. It will carry the Poseidon underwater drone, known as the “doomsday missile.” The launch took place at Sevmash shipyards,