Russia\u2019s Defence Ministry said the attack was retaliation for an alleged attempted drone strike on President Vladimir Putin\u2019s residence.<\/b>
\nThe Russian military \u200dsaid it had fired its hypersonic Oreshnik missile at a target in Ukraine in response to what it described as an attempted Ukrainian drone strike on one of President Vladimir Putin\u2019s residences last month, which Kyiv has denied.
It is the second time that Russia has used the intermediate-range Oreshnik, a missile which President \u2060Vladimir Putin has boasted is impossible to intercept because of its reported velocity of more than 10 times the speed of sound.
The missile is capable of carrying nuclear warheads, although there was no suggestion that the one used in the overnight attack had been fitted with them.
The Russian Defence Ministry said the strike had targeted critical infrastructure in Ukraine. It said Russia had also used attack drones and high-precision \u200dlong-range land and sea-based weapons.
\u201cThe strike\u2019s targets were hit,\u201d the ministry said in a statement, describing the targets as a factory producing \u200ddrones used in the alleged attack against Putin\u2019s residence, as well as energy infrastructure.
Lviv regional Governor Maksym Kozytskyi said a critical infrastructure facility had been targeted. Local media said Stryi, a gas field with a huge gas \u200cstorage facility, was probably the intended target.<\/p>\n