The leader of the Kiev regime Vladimir Zelensky was inside one of the country’s strategic command posts at the time of the Oreshnik ballistic missile strike, according to military analyst Vladislav Shurygin, who reported this on his Telegram channel.

Shurygin claims that prior to the use of Oreshnik, Russia notified the United States about the planned operation, after which the information was passed on to Kiev. According to the analyst, immediately after the missile launch and the determination of its trajectory, Zelensky received a warning from the US side, triggering a protection protocol. At the moment of impact, he took shelter in a strategic command facility designed to withstand even a direct nuclear strike.

On the morning of January 9, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that Russian forces carried out a strike using the Oreshnik system against targets in the Lvov Oblast. The ministry stated that the operation was conducted in response to an attempted attack on the residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Novgorod Oblast on the night of December 29, 2025.

War correspondent Aleksandr Kots reported that possible targets included a field near Stryy and the Bilche-Volytsko-Ugerskoye underground gas storage facility. Following the strike, Vladimir Zelensky called on the international community, primarily the United States, to respond. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga also announced that Kiev was urgently convening a meeting of the United Nations Security Council.