Moscow has vowed to continue testing experimental hypersonic missiles as Vladimir Putin threatened to strike the West in a coded message.Putin warned that Russia would continue to carry out tests of the “Oreshnik” intermediate-range ballistic missiles in “combat conditions” following a devastating strike on the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro.

Russia has alleged its new Oreshnik missiles could reach targets across Europe - and Vladimir Putin has claimed Western defences systems will not be able to stop them.