Missile used by Russia to strike Lviv travelled at 13,000 km/h

The ballistic missile used by the Russians to attack the city of Lviv on 8 January was travelling at a speed of around 13,000 km/h.

Source: Air Command Zakhid (West) on Facebook

Quote: "At 23:47 on 8 January, the enemy conducted a missile strike on infrastructure facilities in Lviv, using a ballistic missile. The aerial asset was moving at a speed of approximately 13,000 km/h along a ballistic trajectory."

Details: The command said the exact type of missile used in the strike will be determined after all its components have been examined.

Background:

• On the evening of 8 January, explosions were heard in 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.
• Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi said it is currently unknown whether Russia used an Oreshnik missile in the attack on Lviv Oblast.
• Maksym Kozytskyi, Head of Lviv Oblast Military Administration, said that radiation levels and the concentration of harmful substances in the air after the missile strike remained within normal limits.

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