He made this statement in an interview with the program "TSN Week," which was broadcast during the telethon.
According to the general, everything possible must be done to provide Ukraine with systems capable of intercepting the "Oreshnik."
“This motivates us to create our own air defense system, which would also be missile defense. It also encourages us to actively negotiate with our allies to obtain such a system,” he explained.
Syrsky added that work on developing domestic missile defense capabilities is "actively ongoing."
“I hope that we will achieve the desired result in the near future,” the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine noted.
Russia first used the "Oreshnik" against Ukraine early in the morning on November 21, striking Dnipro.
Ukrainian intelligence reported that "Oreshnik" is the name of a Russian research project, while the actual system is called "Kedr." It is a carrier of nuclear weapons. However, for the strike on Dnipro, the Russians employed it in a "non-nuclear variant."
According to the GUR, as of October, the Russians were supposed to have produced two prototypes of the "Oreshnik," and there was no discussion of serial production.
During a session of the CSTO Collective Security Council, the head of Russia threatened to shell Ukraine with "Oreshnik" missiles. According to him, there are "no analogs" to this weapon in the world, and "they will not appear anytime soon," but Russia "has several other systems similar to the 'Oreshnik' ready for use."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the threats from Russian President Vladimir Putin to strike with the "Oreshnik" missile are aimed at disrupting peace efforts by newly elected U.S. President Donald Trump.