Irina Pogorelaya08:14, 09.01.26

They stated that they launched the missile strike in revenge for the alleged attack on the residence in Valdai.

During the attack on Lviv on the night of January 9, Russian troops used the Oreshnik ballistic missile.

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced this, adding that it launched the missile in response to an attack on Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s residence, which Ukraine allegedly carried out several days earlier.

As a reminder, US intelligence has determined that Ukraine did not attack Putin’s residence, as the Kremlin claimed.

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Attack on Lviv

Late in the evening of January 8, a series of powerful explosions rocked Lviv during an air raid siren . Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi confirmed the explosions.

Later, the head of the Lviv regional military administrationMaximKozitsky reported that Russians attacked a critical infrastructure facility in the Lviv region.

Last night, the Ukrainian Air Force’s West Air Command reported that infrastructure facilities in Lviv were attacked at 11:47 p.m.

” The aerial target was moving at a speed of approximately 13,000 km/h along a ballistic trajectory,” the military clarified.

This morning, Yuriy Ignat, head of the Air Force Command’s communications department, suggested that Russia had launched the missiles from the Kapustin Yar test site. He noted at the time that all information was currently being clarified, particularly regarding the type of missile that was heading for Lviv.

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