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Russian forces launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at Ukraine overnight, killing at least four people and marking only the second known combat use of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik ballistic missile.
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Russia unleashed a large-scale overnight assault on Ukraine, firing hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles that killed at least four people and wounded at least 25 in Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said Friday, as Moscow confirmed the use of its new Oreshnik ballistic missile for only the second time in the war.
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Ukrainian authorities said the barrage struck multiple districts of the capital, damaging residential buildings and crippling critical infrastructure during freezing winter conditions. Among the dead was an emergency medical aid worker, according to Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration. Four doctors and one police officer were injured while responding to the attacks, officials said.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that nearly half of Kyiv’s apartment buildings — about 6,000 — were left without heating, while water supplies were also disrupted. Municipal crews restored heat and electricity to hospitals and maternity wards using mobile boiler units, he said.
The strike marked a significant escalation with Russia’s use of the Oreshnik missile, which President Vladimir Putin has described as traveling at Mach 10 and being immune to missile defense systems. Putin has claimed that multiple Oreshnik missiles used in a conventional strike could inflict destruction comparable to a nuclear attack. Ukrainian intelligence says the missile carries six warheads, each equipped with six submunitions.
Russia did not disclose the missile’s exact target, but Russian media and military bloggers said it struck a large underground natural gas storage facility in Ukraine’s western Lviv region, near a key logistics corridor for Western military aid flowing from Poland.
The assault came amid stalled U.S.-led peace efforts and days after Ukrainian officials and allies reported progress on potential security guarantees should a peace deal be reached. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said talks with U.S. envoys produced meaningful movement toward a possible settlement, though Moscow has given no public indication it is prepared to compromise.
The attack also coincided with rising tensions between Moscow and Washington following Russia’s condemnation of a recent U.S. seizure of an oil tanker in the North Atlantic. President Donald Trump has signaled support for a hard-hitting sanctions package aimed at economically crippling Russia.
Zelenskyy said the barrage damaged the Qatari Embassy in Kyiv, noting Qatar’s role in mediating prisoner-of-war exchanges, and called for a “clear response” from the international community, particularly the United States.
Russia’s Defense Ministry described the strike as retaliation for what it claimed was a Ukrainian drone attack on Putin’s residence last month — an allegation rejected by both Ukraine and Trump.
The Oreshnik missile was first used against the Ukrainian city of Dnipro in November 2024. Analysts say its deployment adds a new psychological dimension to the conflict, heightening fear among Ukrainian civilians and increasing pressure on Western countries supplying weapons to Kyiv.
