💥 Attack
Russia launched a strike on Lviv Oblast, likely from the Kapustin Yar testing range in Astrakhan Oblast. Explosions were reported after an air-raid warning was issued, and a critical infrastructure facility was hit.
Lviv, Lviv Oblast
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
Ukrainska Pravda Institute for the Study of War
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Kapustin Yar testing range (location) Astrakhan Oblast (location) Oreshnik missile system (weapon_system) critical infrastructure facility (location) Russia (organization) Lviv Oblast (location) Andriy Sadovyi (person) Critical infrastructure in Lviv Oblast (location) Yurii Ihnat (person) critical infrastructure facility in Lviv Oblast (location) Air Command Zahid (organization) Lviv (location) Oreshnik ballistic missile (weapon_system) Oreshnik missile (weapon_system) Kapustin Yar (location) Air Command Zakhid (organization) Kapustin Yar test range (location) Russian forces (military_unit) Oreshnik IRBM (weapon_system)
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Ukrainska Pravda →
Source tone: likely
Launches likely took place from Kapustin Yar. Early reports indicated that explosions had been heard in Lviv Oblast.
Institute for the Study of War →
Source tone: uncertain
Russian forces may have conducted an Oreshnik strike against Lviv Oblast
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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:56.508Z
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