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Russia has launched its New hypersonic ballistic Oreshnik missile exist UkraineAttacked a city just 60 miles from the NATO border with Poland.
Moscow claims it was fired in response Attempted drone attack in Ukraine There was an attack on one of Vladimir Putin’s residences that Kyiv said never happened. Europe also condemned Russia’s latest attack as a “clear escalation” and warned it was an attempt to “instill fear”.
It is believed to mark the second time Russia has used nuclear-capable, medium-range Oreshnik missiles. Putin claimed that enemy forces would not be able to intercept the weapon, which travels at more than ten times the speed of sound.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said, “Such an attack close to the EU and NATO borders is a serious threat to the security of the continent and a test for the transatlantic community.”
“It is absurd for Russia to try to justify this attack with a fake ‘Putin residence attack’ that never happened,” he added. “Putin’s use of intermediate-range ballistic missiles near EU and NATO borders in response to his own hallucinations – this is truly a global threat. It requires a global response.”
The missile, based on the RS-26 Rubezh missile originally developed by Russia as an intercontinental weapon, is capable of carrying both nuclear and conventional warheads, but there was no indication that the nighttime attack contained any nuclear component.
Images released by Ukrainian authorities show apparent fragments of an Oreshnik missile fired at Lviv, a city of more than 700,000 people.
The attacks came days after European countries including Britain and France pledged to have personnel on the ground in Ukraine to assist peacekeeping efforts following a ceasefire, while Washington reiterated its commitment to provide security for Kyiv.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Callas said the attack was “intended to send a warning to Europe and the United States.”
“EU countries must dig deeper into their air defense stocks and deliver immediately,” she said. “We must also further increase the costs of this war for Moscow, including through tougher sanctions.”
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz added: “Threat gestures aimed at creating fear will not work. We stand with Ukraine.”
A senior Ukrainian official said the missile hit a workshop of a state-owned company near the Polish border.
They added that the impact of several submunitions caused “minor penetration of the concrete structure” of the workshop and created craters in the forested area.
Meanwhile, the SBU national security service said Russia was trying to destroy civilian infrastructure in surrounding areas amid “rapidly deteriorating weather conditions.”
Temperatures in Ukraine’s capital Kiev are expected to plunge significantly below zero, with temperatures expected to drop to -15 degrees Celsius early Saturday morning.
Ahead of the cold snap, Russia stepped up its attacks on energy infrastructure. An attack in Kiev on Friday left half a million people without power, with Mayor Vitali Klitschko calling on residents to temporarily evacuate if possible.
According to Ukrainian statistics, Russia used 278 missiles and drones to launch a large-scale offensive against Ukraine, resulting in the death of at least 4 people in Kiev. Kyiv claimed it shot down 244 of them in flight.
British Defense Secretary John Healey visited the scene of the attack on the apartment building on Friday after meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky.
Earlier, Russia launched air strikes on Thursday, causing 1 million people to lose power and heat in large areas of central and southeastern Ukraine in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions.