Russia fires hypersonic missile at target in Ukraine near NATO border


Service members take part in what Russian Defence Ministry says is the deployment of the Russian nuclear-capable hypersonic Oreshnik missile system in Belarus, at an unidetified location in this still image from video released December 30, 2025. Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

KYIV, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Russia fired a powerful hypersonic missile overnight at a ‌target in Ukraine near the border with NATO-member Poland, in what Kyiv's European allies on Friday described as an attempt to intimidate them from supporting Ukraine.

It was only the second time Russia has fired ‌the Oreshnik at Ukraine, and came amid a night of air attacks that Ukrainian authorities said also killed four people in Kyiv, knocked out power in the capital and damaged the Qatari ‌embassy there.

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