In the firing of an Oreshnik ballistic missile at Ukraine in 2024, Russia struck an aerospace factory in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro. But it caused only minimal damage as it carried dummy warheads, suggesting a purely symbolic use of the weapon.

Russia warns Western forces deployed to Ukraine under postwar security deal would be "legitimate combat targets" as diplomatic tensions escalate.

After Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed progress in developing a plan for postwar security guarantees, Russia’s foreign ministry on Thursday again rejected a core pillar of the emerging peace initiative: the deployment of British and European soldiers as part of a peacekeeping force.