Putin says Russia tested new nuclear-powered cruise missile

The Japan TimesCenterEN 1 min read 100% complete by No AuthorOctober 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM

AI Summary

short article 1 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia has successfully tested a new nuclear-powered cruise missile named Burevestnik, which can travel at least 14,000 kilometers (8,700 miles). According to Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, the missile was tested on October 21 and flew for approximately 15 hours. The weapon is designed to evade missile-defense systems. Putin discussed this development with Gerasimov following a failed summit in Budapest aimed at discussing peace in Ukraine, which was proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. In response to potential U.S. support of Tomahawk cruise missiles for Ukraine and sanctions on Russian oil producers Rosneft and Lukoil, Putin previously characterized the deployment of such weapons as an escalation.

Key Topics & Entities

Rosneft 50% Donald Trump 50% Lukoil 50% Budapest summit 60% US 70% Burevestnik ×280% Valery Gerasimov 80% Russia ×290% Vladimir Putin ×2100%

Keywords

nuclear-powered cruise missile 100% russia 90% putin 85% burevestnik 75% missile-defense networks 60% ukraine 55% sanctions 50% tomahawk cruise missiles 45% budapest summit 45% military test 40%

Sentiment Analysis

Negative

Score: -0.30

Source Transparency

Source

The Japan Times

Political Lean

Center (0.00)

Far LeftCenterFar Right

Classification Confidence

85%

Geographic Perspective

Russia

This article was automatically classified using rule-based analysis. The political bias score ranges from -1 (far left) to +1 (far right).

Topic Connections

Explore how the topics in this article connect to other news stories

No topic relationship data available yet. This graph will appear once topic relationships have been computed.

nuclear-powered cruise missile russia putin burevestnik missile-defense networks ukraine sanctions tomahawk cruise missiles budapest summit military test

Explore Full Topic Graph