Russia has successfully tested its nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile, a nuclear-capable weapon Moscow says can pierce any defence shield.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia will now move towards deploying the weapon.

Russia says the 9M730 Burevestnik "Storm Petrel" — dubbed the SSC-X-9 Skyfall by NATO — is "invincible" to current and future missile defences, with an almost unlimited range and unpredictable flight path.

"It is a unique ware which nobody else in the world has," Mr Putin said, dressed in camouflage fatigues at a meeting with generals overseeing the war in Ukraine in remarks released by the Kremlin on Sunday, local time.

"We need to determine the possible uses and begin preparing the infrastructure for deploying these weapons to our armed forces."

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