Russia struck the Kyiv region with a hypersonic RS-26 Rubezh ballistic missile, known as the Oreshnik, on Sunday, RBK-Ukraine reported, citing Yuri Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The missile was fired from the Kapustin Yar missile test base and reportedly struck an area near the town of Bila Tserkva. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also confirmed the use of the Oreshnik, according to Reuters.
Russian forces said they struck targets in Ukraine with four types of missiles — Oreshnik, Iskander, Kinzhal and Zirkon — in retaliation for what they described as Ukrainian attacks on civilian targets in Russia on Sunday night, TASS reported. The Russian Defense Ministry told Interfax that the strikes targeted Ukrainian military command facilities, air bases and enterprises of Ukraine's military-industrial complex, and that all had been successful.
Serhiy Sternenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian defense ministry, said Russia had fired a nuclear-capable missile without a nuclear warhead in order to intimidate Ukraine and the wider world.
The Ukrainian air force said Russia launched 600 drones and 90 missiles in the attack. According to preliminary data, 604 targets — 55 missiles and 549 drones of various types — had been shot down or suppressed by air defenses as of 9:30 a.m.
