What to Know About the Oreshnik, the Missile Russia Used Against Ukraine
The attack was just the second time that Moscow had launched the nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic weapon. President Vladimir Putin is seen on a screen at a military parade on Victory Day in Moscow in 2024. Credit... Nanna Heitmann for The New York Times By Cassandra Vinograd and Lara Jakes The New York Times , Jan. 9, 2026 Updated 1:32 p.m. ET Ever since Russia first used a new intermediate-range ballistic missile to strike Ukraine in late 2024 — a nuclear-capable weapon that President Vladimir V. Putin called “unstoppable” — Ukrainians have anxiously waited to see when it would be launched again. On Friday morning, Moscow said that it had fired another of the missiles, known as the Oreshnik, in a strike that hit western Ukraine overnight. Russia said that it had hit drone-making and energy infrastructure related to Ukraine’s war effort. No casualties were reported. Lithuania Moscow Belarus Russia POland Kyiv Explosions reported near Lviv ...