Russia may use its new Oreshnik hypersonic missile to attack “decision-making centres” in Kyiv in response to Ukraine’s firing of Western missiles at Russian territory, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
Russia has not so far struck Ukrainian government ministries, parliament or the president’s office in the course of the 33-month war.
Kyiv is heavily protected by air defences, but Putin says the Oreshnik, which Russia fired for the first