High-resolution satellite images of the launch pad at Russia's Plesetsk test site, where the RS-28 Sarmat ballistic missile exploded shows extensive damage.

Vladimir Putin has been left humiliated after his prized Satan-2 missile exploded at a testing facility. Russia 's only suitable missile testing site was destroyed as a result, handing a major setback to Moscow's development of the hypersonic warhead.

Satellite images reveal Vladimir Putin's Satan-2 missile test launch failed. Images show a crater where the launch site was after the 'unstoppable' missile exploded, destroying Russia's only test site for the hypersonic weapon.

Russia plans to maintain defense spending at an historic high in 2025 and sees only slight declines in the following two years as President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine shows no sign of ending.