Russia fires powerful ballistic missile in mass attack on Kyiv | CNN

Russia used a new hypersonic ballistic missile in one of its biggest bombardments of the Kyiv region since the war began, an attack that left at least four people dead. The United States classifies the Oreshnik, which can carry multiple conventional or nuclear warheads, as an intermediate-range missile. Its speed and trajectory make it almost unstoppable by the air defense systems available to Ukraine. It is only the third time Russia has used the missile. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said the missile had come down near the city of Bila Tserkva in central Ukraine, adding: “They’re really out of their minds. It’s vital that this doesn’t go unpunished for Russia.” Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Andrii Sybiha, said the missile fired carried a dummy warhead. In a call with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the Russian military was beginning “systematic strikes” against military facilities in Kyiv, according to Russian state media. Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Monday warned foreign nationals, including staff of diplomatic missions and international organizations, to leave Kyiv “as soon as possible.” T