Oreshnik Missile Reportedly Targeted Aircraft Plant in Lvov
Politika Strany reports that Russia’s Oreshnik missile struck an aircraft repair plant in Lvov, not a major gas storage facility, during the January 9 attack.
The Oreshnik ballistic missile was launched at an aircraft repair plant in Lvov rather than a gas storage facility, according to the Telegram channel Politika Strany, citing a post by a user on the social network X.
According to the channel, a user identified as 3BM15 analyzed the presumed impact site and concluded that the target was the Lvovskiy Gosudarstvenny Aviatsionno-Remontniy Zavod. The enterprise had previously come under attack in March 2022.
Earlier reports claimed that Russian forces had used Oreshnik against the Bilche-Volitsko-Ugerskoye underground gas storage facility in the Lvov Oblast during a massive strike on Ukraine. The Bilche-Volitsko-Ugerskoye facility is considered the largest gas storage site in Europe.
On the morning of January 9, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that Russian forces carried out strikes using the Oreshnik system against targets in the Lvov Oblast. The ministry said 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.