The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation officially announced the use of Oreshnik for an attack on Ukraine

Illustrative photo: testing of ballistic missiles by the Russian Federation at the Kapustyn Yar test site

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the use of “Oreshnik” to strike Ukraine was a response to the Russian fake about the alleged attack of drones on the residence of the ruler of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, which the occupiers announced at the end of December.

Source: the statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, which is referred to by the Russian mass media

Literally: “Tonight, in response to the terrorist attack by the Kyiv regime on the residence of the President of the Russian Federation in the Novgorod region, carried out on the night of December 29, 2025, the armed forces of Russia launched a massive strike with long-range land and sea-based high-precision weapons, including “Oreshnik” medium-range land-based mobile missile systemas well as strike unmanned aerial vehicles on critically important objects on the territory of Ukraine.”

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Details: The Russian Federation said that they allegedly hit drone production facilities and energy infrastructure in Ukraine.

Prehistory:

• Explosions rang out in Lviv on the evening of January 8 after the announcement of an air raid alert. Later it became known that under attack hit a critical infrastructure facility in the region.
• Colonel Yuriy Ignat, head of the communications department of the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said in a comment to the UP that Russia could strike the Lviv region from the Kapustin Yar training ground in the Astrakhan regionwhere, according to preliminary information, the Oreshnik complex is based.
• Sadovy stated that it is currently unknown whether Russia attacked Lviv Oblast with “Oreshnik”. The ballistic missile with which the enemy attacked Lviv on January 8 moved at a speed of 13,000 kilometers per hour.
• December 29 the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergey Lavrov, said that Ukraine allegedly struck the residence of the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, because of which the negotiating position will be “revised”.
  • Ukraine officially denied this information.
  • The Ministry of Defense of Russia published a fake map of the movement of Ukrainian drones two days after the occupiers announced the alleged attack of Ukrainian drones on Putin’s residence. The SZR cited facts that indicate the unreliability of the Russian Federation’s claims.

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