Vladimir Putin Signals Strength With Oreshnik Strike

Russia said it used its hypersonic Oreshnik missile to strike the Lviv region near Poland, a forceful signal to Kyiv and Western allies as U.S.-led peace talks entered a crucial stage following its first use in Dnipro last year.Vladimir Putin said the Oreshnik reaches about Mach 10, can carry multiple independently targetable warheads and nuclear or conventional payloads, and the Pentagon described the weapon as an experimental IRBM based on the RS-26 Rubezh.The overnight barrage killed at least four people in Kyiv, wounded about 25, damaged the Qatari embassy, left roughly 417,000 households without power and prompted Kyiv to seek urgent U.N. Security Council and Ukraine‑NATO Council meetings amid international alarm.