Overview
- An emergency UN Security Council meeting is scheduled for Monday, January 12, at Ukraine's request to address Russia's latest strikes.
- Six Council members — France, Latvia, Denmark, Greece, Liberia, and the United Kingdom — backed holding the session, according to diplomatic sources.
- Ukraine is also seeking a Ukraine–NATO Council meeting and coordinated responses within the EU, the Council of Europe, and the OSCE.
- Russia's defense ministry framed the strike as retaliation for an alleged December 29 attack on President Putin's Valdai residence, a claim Ukraine's foreign minister called false.
- Ukraine's Air Command West reported the missile that hit the Lviv region traveled about 13,000 km/h and said final identification awaits component analysis, while EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas labeled the claimed use a clear escalation.