'I rushed outside to have a look, and didn't see anything, but there was a trail very low in the sky. 'There was a huge loud bang, and it went on rumbling for a whole minute,' said one Plesetsk resident, named Maksim. though the Russian defence ministry did not announce any launch or respond to requests for comment. sources told CNN that the latest test appeared to have failed, without more detail of how or why it had gone awry.Ī picture taken by local residents in Plesetsk - a notorious missile testing area - showed a white trail low in the sky that suggested the missile had failed in flight. The missile is said to have a range in excess of 6,835 miles, and be able to carry a warhead weighing 100 tons.īut U.S. That test was also for the SARMAT missile which was first unveiled in 2016. Putin has announced successful ICBM tests in the past, including in April - weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine. The test of the heavy SARMAT missile, capable of delivering multiple nuclear warheads, would have been highlighted by President Vladimir Putin in his Tuesday State of the Union speech, officials believe - were it successful. A local resident who lives close to the Plesetsk region took an image of a trail hanging low in the sky, thought to be the remnants of a failed missile launch
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