Reference above text - Putin claiming it was successful, but he would.
Awaiting leaked intelligence reports….
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67021695
Putin makes nuclear-powered Burevestnik missile test claim
Russia has held a "final successful test" of a nuclear-powered cruise missile, Vladimir Putin has claimed.…..
The experimental weapon, first announced in 2018, has been hailed as having a potentially unlimited range. It is said to be powered by a nuclear reactor and is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. But little is officially known of its capabilities and there are reports that previous tests have failed.
President Putin's account has not been independently confirmed and there has been no word so far from the Russian defence ministry…..
"We have now virtually finished work on modern types of strategic weaponry about which I have spoken and which I announced a few years ago," Mr Putin told a meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Thursday which was broadcast live on state television.
He added: "A final successful test has been held of Burevestnik - a global-range nuclear-powered cruise missile."
The missile, code-named Skyfall by Nato, is said to be powered by a nuclear reactor, which is supposed to activate after solid fuel rocket boosters have launched it into the air.
But the New York Times quoted an arms control campaign group, the Nuclear Threat Initiative, as saying that the previous known 13 tests of the system between 2017 and 2019 were all unsuccessful.…
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...ted-putin-says
Russia’s Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile Successfully Tested, Putin Says