Russia fires new hypersonic missile in massive Ukraine attack, Kremlin says

Russia said connected Friday it utilized its caller hypersonic Oreshnik rocket successful an onslaught against Ukraine, according to reports.

The Kremlin said that the onslaught was carried retired successful effect to what it said was an attempted Ukrainian drone onslaught connected 1 of Russian President Vladimir Putin's residences, thing Kyiv has denied, according to Reuters. 

The outlet noted that Ukraine and the U.S. person formed uncertainty connected Russia’s claims astir the alleged attempted onslaught connected Putin’s residence connected Dec. 29, the study said. Ukraine called it "an absurd lie," portion President Donald Trump besides doubted the veracity of the claim, saying helium did not judge the onslaught occurred and that "something" unrelated happened nearby.

This is the 2nd clip Russia has utilized the intermediate-range Oreshnik, which Putin has said is intolerable to intercept due to the fact that of its velocity, Reuters reported.

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A portion of Russian nuclear-capable hypersonic Oreshnik rocket strategy astatine the tract of the Russian rocket strike, amid Russia's onslaught connected Ukraine, successful Lviv region, Ukraine, Jan. 9, 2026.  (Security Service of Ukraine/Handout via Reuters)

The Russian Defense Ministry said that the onslaught targeted captious infrastructure successful Ukraine, according to Reuters, which added that Russia said the onslaught besides utilized onslaught drones and high-precision long-range onshore and sea-based weapons.

While Moscow did not accidental wherever the rocket hit, Russian media and subject bloggers said it targeted an underground earthy state retention installation successful Ukraine's occidental Leviv region, CBS News reported. Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadoviy said the onslaught deed captious infrastructure but did not springiness details, the outlet added.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the onslaught connected societal media, saying that the aftermath was "still being dealt with."

"Twenty residential buildings unsocial were damaged. Recovery operations aft the strikes besides proceed successful the Lviv portion and different regions of our country. Unfortunately, arsenic of now, it is known that 4 radical person been killed successful the superior alone. Among them is an ambulance unit member. My condolences to their families and loved ones," Zelenskyy wrote.

A nonmigratory stands connected a balcony of his apartment, damaged during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's onslaught connected Ukraine, successful Kyiv, Ukraine, connected Jan. 9, 2026.  (Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters)

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The Ukrainian person said the onslaught progressive 242 drones, 13 ballistic missiles, 1 Oreshnik rocket and 22 cruise missiles. Zelenskyy added that the ballistic missiles were aimed astatine vigor facilities and civilian infrastructure arsenic the radical of Ukraine faced "a important acold spell." He said the onslaught was "aimed precisely against the mean beingness of mean people." However, helium assured that Ukraine was moving to reconstruct heating and electricity.

Zelenskyy claimed that successful summation to the civilian infrastructure, a gathering of the Embassy of Qatar was damaged successful the attack.

Apartment buildings deed by a Russian rocket onslaught precocious yesterday, amid Russia's onslaught connected Ukraine, successful the metropolis of successful Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, connected Jan. 9, 2026. (Stringer/Reuters)

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"A wide absorption from the satellite is needed. Above each from the United States, whose signals Russia genuinely pays attraction to. Russia indispensable person signals that it is its work to absorption connected diplomacy, and indispensable consciousness consequences each clip it again focuses connected killings and the demolition of infrastructure," Zelenskyy added.

A spokesperson for the State Department told Fox News Digital that the U.S. remains committed to ending the warfare done diplomatic means, emphasizing that it is the lone way toward a durable peace. The spokesperson underscored Trump's tendency to extremity the warfare that is approaching its 4th year.

Fox News Digital reached retired to the White House for comment.