In Lviv, a series of loud explosions was heard during the night of January 8–9. Online reports claimed a strike by the Oreshnik system, but this information has not been officially confirmed. Everything known about the situation in Lviv is detailed in the RBC-Ukraine report below.

Russia reportedly struck a critical infrastructure site in Ukraine’s Lviv region in the early hours of January 9, possibly using an Oreshnik ballistic missile, triggering nationwide air raid alerts and warnings from the US Embassy in Kyiv.

On the night of January 9, the Russian army launched a ballistic strike on the Lviv region, the explosions from which could be heard both in Lviv and beyond, writes "Focus". After the air alert went off, video of the moment of the alleged "Oreshnik" strike in the Lviv region began circulating in local telegram channels.

Russia pounded Ukraine with overnight missile and drone attacks on January 8–9, killing at least four people and injuring 19 in Kyiv, while separate Iskander and drone strikes tore into apartment buildings in President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih.

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,

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) do not have the technology to counter the Russian Oreshnik missile system. This was announced on January 10 by Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi in an interview with the Ukrainian TV channel "Your Place".

Putin launched a nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile near Lviv, just 40 miles from NATO territory, in a deadly escalation as Ukraine cities were bombarded