European leaders condemn Russia's use of hypersonic missile in Kyiv attack

Civilians in Kyiv were targeted in the overnight assault, though specific casualty figures are not detailed in this report.

In the hours before dawn over Kyiv, Russia deployed the Oreshnik — a hypersonic ballistic missile — as part of a sweeping overnight assault on Ukraine's capital, marking a deliberate escalation in the sophistication of weapons brought to bear on a war that has already reshaped the European order. The choice of weapon was not incidental: systems of this kind are designed to outpace conventional air defenses, and their use in combat against a civilian capital signals a willingness to cross thresholds that had, until now, remained theoretical. European leaders responded swiftly, understanding tha

European leaders condemn Russia's use of hypersonic missile in Kyiv attack

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