Overview
- Ukrainian officials reported at least four dead and 19 injured in Kyiv after overnight strikes that damaged about 20 buildings and knocked out electricity and water in parts of the city.
- Moscow said it targeted “strategic” sites and employed the Oreshnik hypersonic missile in retaliation for an alleged attack on Putin’s residence, a claim Ukraine rejects as false.
- Authorities in Lviv cited ballistic missiles traveling at hypersonic speed, with Ukraine indicating probable launches from Russia’s Kapustin Yar and warning of risks near EU and NATO borders.
- EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and the governments of the UK, Germany and France condemned the reported Oreshnik use as an escalation, while Kyiv sought urgent UN and NATO‑Ukraine Council meetings and more air defenses.
- Russia’s Belgorod region reported roughly 556,000 residents without power after a Ukrainian strike, and new drone alerts and explosions were reported overnight into January 10.