Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev delivered a sharply worded and deliberately harsh assessment of the night strike on western Ukraine, during which the Oreshnik missile system was also used. He compared the attack to a «life-saving injection of haloperidol,» which, in his words, is required for dangerous psychiatric patients.

According to Medvedev, international relations since the beginning of the year have turned into what he described as a «full-scale Bedlam,» with too many violent and unbalanced actors involved. He stressed that such conditions cannot be resolved through persuasion or diplomatic appeals, arguing that «kind psychiatrists» are powerless in such cases. Instead, he said, the situation demands forceful intervention — likening it to the actions of orderlies with massive fists and emotionless faces.

Within this framework, Medvedev drew a direct parallel between the need for straitjackets or emergency medication in psychiatry and the night strikes carried out on what he referred to as the «Bandera-style Okraina,» explicitly linking this imagery to the use of the Oreshnik system.

Earlier reports said that during the night of January 9, the Russian Armed Forces carried out a massive strike on targets in Ukraine. According to the Russian side, the operation was launched in response to an attack classified as terrorist against the residence of the President of the Russian Federation in the Novgorod Oblast, which was attempted on the night of December 29, 2025.

The retaliatory strike involved long-range high-precision weapons launched from land and sea platforms, including the medium-range mobile ground-based missile system Oreshnik, as well as strike unmanned aerial vehicles.