Russia uses Oreshnik missile in new attack on Ukraine’s infrastructure

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Russia uses Oreshnik missile in a new attack against Ukraine’s infrastructure
Russia uses Oreshnik missile in a new attack against Ukraine’s infrastructure (Photo: @mog_russEN)

Russia said it carried out an attack with a medium-range ballistic missile from the Oreshnik system against a suburb of Lviv in western Ukraine on the night of January 8.

The Ukrainian Air Force confirmed the launch and reported that the projectile followed a ballistic trajectory at approximately 13,000 km/h, striking infrastructure targets shortly before midnight.

According to Ukrainian authorities, images shared on social media indicate that the missile may have been launched without a warhead, resulting in a purely kinetic impact.

Even so, the shockwave triggered safety systems, temporarily cutting off the gas supply to 376 homes in the village of Rudno, in the Lviv region. Technicians were sent to check the equipment and restore service.

The Oreshnik had already been used by Russia in November 2024 in an attack near Dnipro. However, Ukrainian intelligence claims that the system was destroyed in July of the same year during a joint operation in Kapustin Yar, raising doubts about the current real operational capability of this type of missile in the Russian arsenal.

Source: Militarnyi | Photo: X @mog_russEN | This content was created with the help of AI and reviewed by the editorial team

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