Russia says it used new Oreshnik missile in major attack on Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in a large-scale overnight attack, officials said Friday, killing at least four people. For only the second time, it used a new ballistic missile that it says flies at 10 times the speed of sound and is unstoppable.

The intense barrage and the launching of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile came days after Ukraine and its allies reported major progress toward agreeing on how to defend the country from further Moscow aggression if a peace deal is struck to end Russia’s almost 4-year-old invasion.

Months of U.S.-led peace efforts have failed to stop the fighting, however. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has made significant progress on the terms of a possible peace settlement in talks with Washington envoys. But Moscow has given no public signal it is willing to budge from its demands.

The attack comes amid a new chill in relations between Moscow and Washington after Russia condemned the U.S. seizure of an oil tanker in the North Atlantic. It also comes as U.S. President Donald Trump has signaled he is on board with a hard-hitting sanctions package meant to economically cripple Moscow.

Ukrainian officials said four people were killed and at least 22 wounded in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, during the overnight attack as apartment buildings were struck.

Those killed included an emergency medical aid worker, according to Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko. Five rescue workers sustained injuries while responding to the ongoing attacks, Ukraine’s security service said.

The attack damaged the Qatari Embassy in Kyiv, Zelenskyy said Friday. He noted that Qatar has played a key role in mediating the exchange of prisoners of war.

He called for a “clear response” from the international community, particularly from the United States, which he said Russia takes seriously.

Moscow says attack was retaliation

Russia’s Defense Ministry said the attack was a retaliation to what Moscow said was a Ukrainian drone strike on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residence last month. Both Ukraine and U.S. President Donald Trump have rejected the Russian claim of the attack on Putin’s residence.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously said that the Oreshnik streaks to its target at Mach 10, “like a meteorite,” and has claimed it is immune to any missile defense system. Several of them used in a conventional strike could be as devastating as a nuclear attack, according to Putin, who has warned the West that Russia could use the Oreshnik next against allies of Kyiv that allow it to strike inside Russia with their longer-range missiles.

Ukrainian intelligence says the missile has six warheads, each carrying six submunitions.

Russia didn’t say where Oreshnik hit, but Russian media and military bloggers said it targeted a huge underground natural gas storage facility in Ukraine’s western Lviv region. Foreign military aid for Ukraine is believed to pass through that region, which borders Poland.

Russia first used the Oreshnik missile on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro in November 2024. Analysts say it affords Russia a new element of psychological warfare, unnerving Ukrainians and scaring Western countries that supply weaponry to Ukraine.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Ukraine would be initiating international action in response to the use of the missile, including an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council and a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council.

“Such a strike close to EU and NATO border is a grave threat to the security on the European continent and a test for the transatlantic community. We demand strong responses to Russia’s reckless actions,” he said in a post on X.

Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi said that Russia struck critical infrastructure with a ballistic missile, but didn’t give details. He said the missile traveled at a speed of 13,000 kilometers (more than 8,000 miles) per hour — which would be around Mach 10 — and that the specific type of rocket was being investigated.

Attacks hit Kyiv apartment blocks

In Kyiv, several districts were hit in the attack, said Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko. In the Desnyanskyi district a drone crashed onto the roof of a multi-story building. At another address in the same district the first two floors of a residential building were damaged.

In Dnipro district, parts of a drone damaged a multistory building and a fire broke out.

Dmytro Karpenko’s windows were shattered in the attack on Kyiv. When he saw that his neighbor’s house was on fire, he rushed out to help him.

“What Russia is doing, of course, shows that they do not want peace. But people really want peace, people are suffering, people are dying,” the 45-year old said.

Running water and electricity were disrupted in parts of the capital as a result of the attack, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

The attack took place just hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alerted the nation about Russia’s intentions for a large-scale offensive. He said that Russia aimed to take advantage of the frigid weather in the capital that has made roads and streets perilously icy.

乌克兰基辅（美联社）——官员周五表示，俄罗斯在夜间对乌克兰发动大规模袭击，出动数百架无人机和数十枚导弹，造成至少四人死亡。这是俄罗斯第二次使用一种新型弹道导弹，据称该导弹飞行速度为音速的10倍，且无法拦截。

在乌克兰及其盟友宣布就如何保卫国家免受莫斯科进一步侵略达成协议方面取得重大进展，以期在达成和平协议结束俄罗斯近4年的入侵后，俄罗斯发动了猛烈的炮击并发射了可携带核弹头的“奥列什尼克”导弹。

尽管美国主导的和平努力已持续数月，但仍未能阻止战火蔓延。乌克兰总统泽连斯基表示，他与华盛顿特使的会谈在可能的和平协议条款方面取得了重大进展。但莫斯科方面并未公开表示愿意在自身要求上做出让步。

此次袭击发生之际，正值莫斯科与华盛顿关系再度降温之时。此前，俄罗斯谴责美国在北大西洋扣押了一艘油轮。与此同时，美国总统特朗普也已表示，他支持一项旨在从经济上削弱莫斯科的严厉制裁方案。

乌克兰官员称，在乌克兰首都基辅发生的夜间袭击中，公寓楼遭到袭击，造成四人死亡，至少 22 人受伤。

据基辅市军事管理局局长季穆尔·特卡琴科称，死者中包括一名急救医务人员。乌克兰安全部门表示，五名救援人员在应对持续不断的袭击时受伤。

泽连斯基周五表示，袭击事件损坏了卡塔尔驻基辅大使馆。他指出，卡塔尔在斡旋交换战俘方面发挥了关键作用。

他呼吁国际社会，特别是美国，做出“明确回应”，并表示俄罗斯对此高度重视。

莫斯科称袭击是报复行为

俄罗斯国防部称，此次袭击是对上个月乌克兰无人机袭击俄罗斯总统普京官邸的报复。乌克兰和美国总统特朗普均否认了俄罗斯关于袭击普京官邸的说法。

俄罗斯总统普京此前曾表示，“奥列什尼克”导弹以10马赫的速度直奔目标，“如同陨石一般”，并声称它不受任何导弹防御系统的干扰。普京指出，数枚“奥列什尼克”导弹进行常规打击的威力堪比核打击。他还警告西方，如果俄罗斯的盟友允许其使用远程导弹打击俄罗斯境内目标，俄罗斯下一步可能会使用“奥列什尼克”导弹。

乌克兰情报部门称，该导弹有六个弹头，每个弹头携带六个子弹药。

俄罗斯方面并未透露“奥列什尼克”导弹的袭击目标，但俄罗斯媒体和军事博客称，其目标是乌克兰西部利沃夫州的一处大型地下天然气储存设施。据信，对乌克兰的外国军事援助会途经该地区，而该地区与波兰接壤。

俄罗斯于 2024 年 11 月首次在乌克兰第聂伯罗市使用“奥列什尼克”导弹。分析人士称，这为俄罗斯的心理战增添了新的元素，令乌克兰人感到不安，并吓坏了向乌克兰提供武器的西方国家。

乌克兰外交部长安德烈·西比哈表示，乌克兰将针对导弹的使用采取国际行动，包括召开联合国安理会紧急会议和乌克兰-北约理事会会议。

“在欧盟和北约边界附近发动这样的袭击，对欧洲大陆的安全构成严重威胁，也是对跨大西洋共同体的考验。我们要求对俄罗斯的鲁莽行为作出强有力的回应。”他在X论坛上发帖说。

利沃夫市长安德烈·萨多维表示，俄罗斯用弹道导弹袭击了关键基础设施，但他没有透露更多细节。他说，导弹的飞行速度为每小时13000公里（超过8000英里），约合10马赫，目前正在调查导弹的具体型号。

袭击事件袭击了基辅的公寓楼

基辅市军事管理局局长季穆尔·特卡琴科表示，基辅多个区遭到袭击。在杰斯尼扬斯基区，一架无人机坠毁在一栋多层建筑的屋顶上。在同一区的另一处地点，一栋居民楼的一楼和二楼遭到破坏。

在第聂伯罗区，一架无人机的部件损坏了一栋多层建筑，并引发了火灾。

基辅遭到袭击时，德米特罗·卡尔彭科的窗户被震碎了。当他看到邻居的房子着火时，他立即冲出去帮忙。

“俄罗斯的所作所为当然表明他们不想要和平。但人们真的渴望和平，人们正在遭受苦难，人们正在死去，”这位45岁的男子说道。

基辅市长维塔利·克利奇科表示，袭击导致首都部分地区的自来水和电力中断。

袭击发生前几个小时，乌克兰总统泽连斯基刚刚向全国发出警告，称俄罗斯意图发动大规模进攻。他表示，俄罗斯企图利用首都严寒天气，因为严寒天气导致道路和街道结冰，十分危险。