EADaily, January 13th, 2026. The Oreshnik missile, according to Alexander Mikhailov, head of the Bureau of Military-Political Analysis, is capable of intercepting only one air defense system in the world.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that the Russian Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile system also poses a threat to Warsaw, Bucharest, Budapest and many other capitals.

Russia's nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile system has entered active service, Russia's Ministry of Defense says, as negotiators continue to search for a breakthrough in peace talks to end Moscow's war in Ukraine.

Most of Europe is theoretically within range of Russia's latest Oreshnik missile system. This was reported on January 10 by the S ky News channel."With a claimed range of up to 5.5 thousand kilometers,

The use of the Oreshnik ballistic missile against Ukraine, striking the Lviv region, is strikingly close to the borders of European Union countries. And it poses the same challenge to many European capitals,

According to the report, the three leaders held a phone call to coordinate their foreign policy positions. They described the Oreshnik strike on Ukraine as an “unacceptable escalation.” Read also: Russia hits Lviv with Oreshnik missile in rare strike near EU and NATO borders A spokesperson for Starmer said the prime minister believes “Russia used

Russia may have launched a strike on Lviv Oblast from the Kapustin Yar testing range in Russia's Astrakhan Oblast, where, according to early reports, the Oreshnik missile system is based.

Shortly after Ukraine’s Air Force reported the threat of an intermediate-range ballistic missile launch from a Russian strategic nuclear testing site near the Caspian Sea, explosions rocked the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Friday morning,