According to the Ukrainian Air Force Command, it was an Oreshnik missile launched by Russia from the Kapustin Yar test site in the Astrakhan region, TASS reports.
This is the second time Russia has used this hypersonic missile, which President Vladimir Putin has declared impossible to intercept.
The missile traveled at a speed of approximately 13,000 km/h and flew along a ballistic trajectory. The Russian Ministry of Defense said that it also used attack drones and high-precision long-range weapons launched from land and sea in the strike.
A large power plant was also hit
Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi confirmed to Ukrayinska Pravda that the attack did not damage civilian facilities or residential buildings and did not claim any casualties. Only elements of the energy and technical infrastructure were hit.
Moscow said that the targets, including drone production facilities and energy hubs, were successfully destroyed.
Rescue teams were on the scene immediately and managed to bring the fires under control. The Oreshnik can carry both nuclear and conventional warheads, but there is no evidence that the one used in the night attack was equipped with anything other than a conventional warhead. According to Ukrainian authorities, radiation levels and concentrations of harmful substances remained within normal limits.
The Russian Ministry of Defense noted that the strike was in retaliation for Kiev's alleged attempt to attack President Vladimir Putin's residence on December 29.
Ukraine has dismissed Russia's claim of an attack on one of Putin's residences in the Novgorod region as an "absurd lie" intended to sabotage the already problematic peace talks.
US President Donald Trump also said this week that he did not believe the attack on the residence had taken place, but that "something" unrelated to Ukraine's attack had happened nearby.
Kyiv calls for a global response
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha described the Russian strike with the Oreshnik system near the EU and NATO borders as a serious threat to European security.
He added that Kyiv is informing the United States, European partners, and other countries about the details of the attack through diplomatic channels.
"(Russian President Vladimir) Putin will use a medium-range ballistic missile near the EU and NATO borders in response to his own hallucinations — this is a truly global threat. And it requires a global response," he said.
(pir, est, reuters)