Russia says it used new Oreshnik ballistic missile in recent strike on Ukraine | EUROtoday

Russia’s Defense Ministry mentioned on Friday that the navy has used the brand new Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile in a strike on Ukraine.

The ministry mentioned the assault was a retaliation to what Moscow mentioned was a Ukrainian drone strike on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residence final month. Ukraine and U.S. President Donald Trump has rejected the Russian declare of the assault on Putin’s residence.

The ministry mentioned the newest strike additionally concerned different ground- and sea-launched missiles to focus on Ukraine’s crucial infrastructure.

Russia attacked Ukraine with drones and missiles, killing 4 and injuring a minimum of 22 within the capital in a single day into Friday, Ukrainian authorities mentioned.

Russia additionally struck crucial infrastructure within the western metropolis of Lviv utilizing an unidentified ballistic missile, mentioned Mayor Andriy Sadoviy.

The Western Command of Ukraine’s Air Force later mentioned the missile traveled at a velocity of 13,000 kilometers (greater than 8,000 miles) per hour, and that the particular kind of rocket was being investigated.

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Among the lifeless was an emergency medical support employee, mentioned Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko.

Five rescue staff sustained accidents whereas responding to the location of ongoing assaults, mentioned Ukraine’s safety service.Several districts in Kyiv had been hit within the assault, mentioned Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko. In the Desnyanskyi district a drone crashed onto the roof of a multi-story constructing. At one other deal with in the identical district the primary two flooring of a residential constructing had been broken because of the assault.

In Dnipro district, components of a drone broken a multi-story constructing and a hearth broke out.Running water and electrical energy had been disrupted in components of the capital because of the assault, Kyiv’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko mentioned.

The assault befell simply hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alerted the nation about Russia’s intentions for a large-scale offensive. He mentioned that Russia aimed to reap the benefits of the frigid climate within the capital, making roads and streets perilously icy.