The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the Russian Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) launched on the night of January 8 to 9 struck a Ukrainian defense industrial enterprise in Lviv City - the Lviv State Aircraft Repair Plant.
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The Russian MoD claimed that the Oreshnik IRBM strike against the Lviv State Aircraft Repair Plant in Lviv City halted operations at the plant
The strike damaged production workshops, drone warehouses, and infrastructure at the plant's airfield
Russia's strike with an Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile on a target in the Lviv region, near the border with Poland, was political and demonstrative in nature
Moscow was trying to send a message directly to Warsaw, rather than change the situation on the battlefield
This was an attempt to intimidate and demonstrate Russia's missile capabilities
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