Rescue employees put out a fireplace at a residential constructing broken by a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026.
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Russia stated Friday it has used the brand new Oreshnik ballistic missile together with different weapons in a large strike on Ukraine.
Ukrainian officers stated 4 individuals had been killed and not less than 22 wounded within the capital in a single day. Russia did not say the place Oreshnik hit, however Russian media and army bloggers stated it focused an enormous underground pure fuel storage facility in Ukraine’s western Lviv area.
Ukraine’s Air Pressure stated Russia attacked Ukraine with 242 drones and a mix of 36 missiles. It stated one medium-range ballistic missile was used, however didn’t specify this because the Oreshnik. It stated this missile was launched from the Kasputin Yar check website in Russia’s Astrakhan area, believed to be the location of the Oreshnik missile launcher.
Russia’s Protection Ministry stated the assault was a retaliation to what Moscow stated was a Ukrainian drone strike on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residence final month. Each Ukraine and U.S. President Donald Trump have rejected the Russian declare of the assault on Putin’s residence.
The assault comes amid a brand new chill in relations between Moscow and Washington after Russia condemned the U.S. seizure of an oil tanker within the North Atlantic. It additionally comes as U.S. President Donald Trump has signaled he’s on board with a hard-hitting sanctions package deal meant to economically cripple Moscow.
Ukrainian Overseas Minister Andrii Sybiha stated Ukraine could be initiating worldwide motion in response to using the missile, together with an pressing assembly of the UN Safety Council and a gathering of the Ukraine-NATO Council.
“Such a strike close to EU and NATO border is a grave threat to the security on the European continent and a test for the transatlantic community. We demand strong responses to Russia’s reckless actions,” he stated in a submit on X.
Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi stated that Russia struck essential infrastructure with a ballistic missile, however did not give particulars. He stated the missile traveled at a pace of 13,000 kilometers (greater than 8,000 miles) per hour, and that the precise sort of rocket was being investigated.
Russia first examined the Oreshnik — Russian for hazelnut tree — to strike a Ukrainian manufacturing facility in November 2024. Putin has bragged that Oreshnik’s a number of warheads plunge at speeds of as much as Mach 10 and cannot be intercepted, and that a number of of them utilized in a standard strike could possibly be as devastating as a nuclear assault. Oreshnik may also carry nuclear weapons.
The Russian chief has warned the West that Russia may use the Oreshnik subsequent in opposition to allies of Kyiv that allowed it to strike inside Russia with their longer-range missiles.
After the in a single day strike on Ukraine’s capital, these killed included an emergency medical assist employee, stated Kyiv Metropolis Navy Administration head Tymur Tkachenko. 5 rescue employees sustained accidents whereas responding to the location of ongoing assaults, stated Ukraine’s safety service.
A number of districts in Kyiv had been hit within the assault, stated Kyiv Metropolis Navy Administration head Tymur Tkachenko. Within the Desnyanskyi district a drone crashed onto the roof of a multi-story constructing. At one other tackle in the identical district the primary two flooring of a residential constructing had been broken.
In Dnipro district, elements of a drone broken a multistory constructing and a fireplace broke out.
Dmytro Karpenko’s home windows had been shattered within the assault on Kyiv. When he noticed that his neighbor’s home was on fireplace, he rushed out to assist him.
“What Russia is doing, of course, shows that they do not want peace. But people really want peace, people are suffering, people are dying,” the 45-year outdated stated.
Working water and electrical energy had been disrupted in elements of the capital on account of the assault, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko stated.
The assault passed off simply hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alerted the nation about Russia’s intentions for a large-scale offensive. He stated that Russia aimed to make the most of the frigid climate within the capital that has made roads and streets perilously icy.
