Russia deploys hypersonic Oreshnik missile to Belarus

The Russian armed forces have established a brigade equipped with the new hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile Oreshnik, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov said Thursday at a press briefing for Foreign Military officers.

On the same day, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that the Oreshnik missile systems had been deployed to their first positions in Belarus on Wednesday and are about to begin combat alert duty.

Russia's Oreshnik missile system can carry nuclear warheads and strike targets at a speed of Mach 10.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that the new missile "currently cannot be intercepted".

Israeli attacks in Gaza including gun shooting and explosions resulted in at least two deaths on Thursday, according to Palestinian Authority.

Israeli troops opened fire on Palestinians with guns in multiple locations across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing one child and injured three other people, according to the Palestinian official news agency.

In a statement issued on Thursday, the Gaza-based civil defense department also reported three other separate explosions of shells left behind by Israeli forces, which led to the death of one child and injuries of several other Palestinians.

One of the explosions took place inside the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip.

The statement pointed out that such incidents have been occurring frequently in residential areas recently, posing a serious threat to the lives and safety of civilians.

Relevant international organizations, Israel, and the United States should bear full responsibility for that, it said.

The Gaza civil defense department questioned the delays and excuses made by the international institutions in cooperating to clear the unexploded ordnance.

The communication with the so-called Civil-Military Coordination Center established by the United States has yielded no substantive results, said the department.