On the night of January 9, Russian forces attacked Kyiv using drones and various types of missiles. As a result of the assault, damage has been reported in five districts, and there are confirmed casualties,

The hypersonic Oreshnik intermediate range ballistic missile hit Ukraine’s western Lviv region late Thursday night, although officials there did not mention any casualties. The area is near a military base in neighboring Poland, a NATO member, that serves as a key hub for ferrying Western military supplies to Kyiv.

In an escalation of the war, Russia deployed its Oreshnik ballistic missile on Thursday night in an overnight strike against Ukraine. Moscow claims the strike was revenge against Kyiv’s purported drone attack on Vladimir Putin’s residence.

The attack was just the second time that Moscow had launched the nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic weapon.

For only the second time, Russia used a new ballistic missile that it says flies at 10 times the speed of sound and is unstoppable by air defenses.

Moscow said the overnight strike was in response to an alleged Ukrainian drone strike on a residence used by President Vladimir Putin, which the U.S. and others said did not happen.

Russia said it fired its Oreshnik ballistic missile at Ukraine during a major overnight strike targeting energy and drone infrastructure, as Kyiv reported extensive drone and missile attacks across the country.