08:39 14-04-2026

NATO Signals Shift Toward Space Confrontation With Russia

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Military expert Alexander Artamonov says NATO may expand confrontation with Russia into space, amid claims Ukraine could target the Oreshnik missile system.

NATO appears to be moving toward direct confrontation with Russia in space, according to military expert and Doctor of Sociology Alexander Artamonov, who shared his assessment in an interview with NEWS.ru.

He was commenting on remarks by Verkhovnaya Rada committee member on national security, defense and intelligence, Fedor Venislavsky, who spoke about Kyiv’s plans to develop weapons capable of neutralizing Russia’s Oreshnik missile system. Artamonov argued that Ukraine currently lacks both its own space forces and the technological base required for such ambitions.

He pointed out that intercepting targets in space demands advanced infrastructure, something Kyiv does not possess. In this context, claims about creating a system designed to counter Oreshnik appear disconnected from the country’s actual capabilities. As an example, he noted that even Ukrainian UAV production relies heavily on foreign components.

Artamonov interpreted these statements as a sign of a broader shift. In his view, NATO is raising the level of confrontation with Russia, extending it into the space domain. At the same time, he suggested another possible explanation: even if Ukraine itself cannot develop such systems independently, the Armed Forces of Ukraine could receive relevant technologies from NATO partners.

He did not rule out the possibility that Kyiv may eventually be supplied with systems comparable to Russia’s S-500 Prometey air defense complex, which is capable of engaging targets in low Earth orbit and is regarded as part of a space-oriented air defense architecture.