"The Oreshnik missile struck close to Ukraine's border with Poland, a NATO member. Russia fired its hypersonic Oreshnik missile overnight at Ukraine, Moscow confirmed on Friday, striking a city barely miles away from the Ukrainian border with Poland, at a time when efforts to forge a peace deal are sputtering. Some experts say that Moscow carried out this attack to intimidate Ukraine's European and Western allies."
"The Russian military carried out the attack amid broader strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure and drone manufacturing sites in and around Kyiv. It added that the assault was carried out in response to an alleged Ukrainian drone strike on Russian President Vladimir Putin's residence in Novgorod in December 2025. Kyiv has denied that Ukraine attacked Putin's residence. United States President Donald Trump has also rejected the claim that such an attack took place."
"The Oreshnik is an intermediate-range ballistic missile the word means hazel tree in Russian. The missile's multiple warheads fall in streaks of light, apparently resembling the tree. Hypersonic missiles travel at speeds of at least Mach 5 five times the speed of sound and can manoeuvre mid-flight, making them harder to track and intercept. The Oreshnik is also a nuclearcapable weapon, meaning it is designed to b"
A Russian hypersonic Oreshnik missile struck near Ukraine's border with Poland while Russia conducted broader strikes on energy infrastructure and drone manufacturing sites around Kyiv. Kyiv reported four killed and at least 22 injured from the latest strikes. Russia framed the assaults as retaliation for an alleged Ukrainian drone attack on President Vladimir Putin's residence, a claim denied by Kyiv and rejected by the U.S. president. The Oreshnik is an intermediate-range, nuclear-capable hypersonic ballistic missile with multiple warheads and manoeuvring capability, complicating tracking and interception and raising concerns about intimidation of European allies.
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