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WW3 fears as Vladimir Putin challenges West to ' high tech duel' as he boasts of mega Oreshnik weapon

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Vladimir Putin mocks claims that NATO air defences could thwart Russia 's Oreshnik missile.

The Russian leader mocked assertions by some Western analysts that the West might be capable of intercepting the missile.

Putin declared: "Let them select a target, possibly in Kyiv , put their air defence assets there, and we shall strike it with the missile. Let's see what happens".