Russia launched a massive overnight drone and missile attack on Ukraine, killing at least four people in Kyiv and deploying its Mach-10 Oreshnik ballistic missile, even as US-led efforts to broker a ceasefire showed little tangible progress
The Oreshnik can launch a powerful conventional strike anywhere in Europe, giving the Kremlin a new instrument of escalation without tapping its nuclear arsenal. There will be no way to know if the missile is carrying a nuclear warhead until it reaches its target
