Twitter On the night of 8 January 2026, Russian forces launched an Oreshnik missile from Kapustin Yar test site that struck the city of Lviv, the first time Lviv Oblast was hit by a ballistic missile. The Ukrainian Air Force stated that the attack was combined with a wider drone and missile strike. Later, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the Oreshnik strike on the Lviv State Aviation Repair Plant. On 24 May 2026, Russia fired a Oreshnik missile from Kapustin Yar during a large overnight attack on Ukraine, combined with 600 drones and 90 other missiles. According to experts, many components were manufactured no later than 2016–2017, including Russian and Belarusian elements (from the Integral plant in Belarus). One of the units even bears a clear 2017 production date. Despite Russian propaganda presenting the “Oreshnik” as a cutting-edge weapon, it is largely assembled from older parts. Foreign components from China, the USA, Japan, Germany, and Switzerland were also disc...