Russian troops attacked the south of the Odesa region with strike drones at night. The strike caused several fires and left one person injured, according to Odesa Regional military administration head Oleh Kiper.

Russia fired a powerful hypersonic missile overnight at a target in Ukraine near the border with NATO-member Poland, in what Kyiv's European allies on Friday described as an attempt to intimidate them from supporting Ukraine.

Russian strikes hit the city of Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast and Lviv Oblast on the night of 8-9 January. The main targets were residential areas, as well as critical and transport infrastructure.

Jan 9 (Reuters) - The Russian military said 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's residences last month, which Kyiv has denied.

A Russian attack struck an infrastructure target in western Ukraine's Lviv region, officials in the region said early on Friday.

MOSCOW/KYIV — Russia had fired its hypersonic Oreshnik missile at a target in Ukraine in response to an attempted Ukrainian drone strike on one of President Vladimir Putin's residences, according to the Russian Defence Ministry.

The Russian military said Friday that it launched its nuclear-capable Oreshnik hypersonic missile in its attack on Ukraine, in retaliation for what Russia said was Kyiv’s drone strike against one

The Russians are weaponizing winter, launching massive missile and drone attacks against Ukraine’s civilian energy infrastructure, deliberately depriving millions of civilians of heat and light during the coldest month of the year.