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Russia Says It Fired Its Oreshnik Missile at Ukraine in Response to Strike on Putin’s Residence

Jan 9 (Reuters) – ‌The ​Russian military ‌said on Friday that ​it had fired ‍its hypersonic Oreshnik ​missile at ​a ⁠target in Ukraine as part of what it said was a massive ‌overnight strike on energy ​facilities and ‌drone manufacturing ‍sites there.

The ⁠Defence Ministry said in a statement that the strike was a response to ​an attempted Ukrainian drone attack on one of President Vladimir Putin’s residences at the end of December.

Kyiv has called the Russian assertion that it tried ​to attack the residence, in Russia’s Novgorod’s region, “a lie.”

(Reporting by Andrew ​Osborn; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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