Russia hits Lviv with rare Oreshnik missile, SBU says
The Kyiv Independent••general
Key Points:
- Russia launched its new Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile at the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on January 9, claiming the strike was retaliation for an alleged Ukrainian drone attack on a Putin residence, a claim Kyiv denies.
- Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) confirmed fragments of the missile belonged to the Oreshnik system and is investigating the attack on civilian infrastructure as a war crime under Ukrainian law.
- The Oreshnik missile, designed to carry nuclear warheads but used without them in this strike, targeted energy infrastructure and drone production facilities, damaging gas distribution pipelines in Lviv.
- Ukraine has called for an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting, a Ukraine–NATO Council session, and consultations within the EU, Council of Europe
