Lviv mayor on Russian strike: use of Oreshnik remains unconfirmed

Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi has said it is currently unknown whether Russia used an Oreshnik missile in the attack on Lviv Oblast.

Source: Sadovyi on Telegram

Quote: "An update on the attack. It's unclear whether this was an Oreshnik. The military will provide the information.

A strike on a critical infrastructure facility has been recorded. All the appropriate services are working at the scene and firefighting operations are ongoing."

Details: Sadovyi added that no information about casualties had been recorded. Civilian facilities and residential buildings in the city were not damaged

Background:

• On the evening of 8 January, explosions were heard in the city of Lviv after an air-raid warning was issued. It later emerged that a critical infrastructure facility in Lviv Oblast had been hit.
• Colonel Yurii Ihnat, Head of the Communications Department of Ukraine's Air Force Command, in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda said that 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.

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