Western media reported an incident that allegedly occurred at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk Region of Russia, where the Sarmat missile was being tested. The Kremlin said that it had no knowledge on the topic and redirected the question to the Russian Defense Ministry.
There were no official reports about the Sarmat missile being prepared for testing. Kremlin's official spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that journalists should rather contact the military.
"We do not have any information on this matter. This is rather a question that falls within the competence of our military, so I recommend contacting them," he said.
OSINT project MeNMyRC was the first to report the unsuccessful test of the Sarmat missile. This mammoth missile was dubbed as Russian President Vladimir Putin's superweapon. Researchers published satellite images of the site and suggested that Sarmat tests or preparations for them were being carried out there.
Later, a US Cobra Ball reconnaissance aircraft was later spotted in the area. The Alaska-based UAV is used to monitor ballistic missile launches.
In February, Russian President Putin said that the first serial heavy ballistic missiles Sarmat had been delivered to the troops. Putin also said that the new missile would soon be demonstrated in the areas of deployment on duty.