Russia struck a garage and a business in Bila Tserkva with an "Oreshnik" missile
On the night of May 23–24, Russian occupation forces launched an “Oreshnik” intermediate-range ballistic missile at Bila Tserkva in the Kyiv region. This marks the third time this missile has been used against Ukraine since the start of the full-scale war.
Mykola Kalashnyk, head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration, reported on the consequences of the attack.
“In the Bila Tserkva district, a garage cooperative and company buildings were damaged,” the official noted.
According to him, there is no information about casualties or injuries in Bila Tserkva, although in other districts of the Kyiv region—Bucha and Obukhiv—there were casualties and injuries during the nighttime attack.
Local social media accounts reported that a fire broke out in the garage cooperative after the strike—the fire engulfed three garages.
Kyiv Regional Council Deputy Volodymyr Gorkovenko ironically commented on the consequences of using an expensive missile:
“The Oreshnik, costing ~$100 million, destroyed three garages in Bila Tserkva. Even Russian military correspondents are shocked by such ‘grandeur.’”
He also added that even in Russia they admit: the story with the “Oreshnik” is more like an attempt to create a ‘pretty picture’ for the domestic audience.
It is known that the “Oreshnik” missile is a modification of the RS-26 “Rubezh” medium-range ballistic missile. It was first used to strike Dnipro on November 21, 2024, and a second time against a target in the Lviv region on January 8, 2026.
Following the previous attacks, SBU investigators discovered guidance system components, stabilization units, and fragments of the missile’s propulsion system at the impact sites. Ukrainian law enforcement officials classify the use of this weapon against civilian infrastructure as a war crime by the Russian Federation.
According to experts, the missile was likely launched from the Russian Kapustin Yar test range.
Military expert Oleksandr Surkov stated that the flight characteristics and trajectory point specifically to the use of the “Oreshnik.”
“If it was indeed an ‘Oreshnik,’ then we are once again seeing a ‘high-velocity’ weapon with a range of 20–30 kilometers, which in its non-nuclear variant is simply six to eight pieces of red-hot metal,” he wrote.
Nikita Kozachynskyi, a serviceman with the 128th Separate Heavy Mechanized Brigade “Dyke Pole,” highlighted the scale of Russia’s expenditures during the attack on Ukraine.
“Each Shahed costs as much as an ambulance. A ballistic missile costs as much as a kindergarten or a school. An Oreshnik costs as much as some infrastructure project,” the soldier noted.
Financial analyst Andriy Shevchyshyn believes that the use of such missiles signals a new level of escalation in the war.
“After the U.S. withdrew from the negotiations, there are no rules left—escalation has reached a new level,” he wrote.
In turn, Anatoliy Amelin, a member of the supervisory board of Ukrzaliznytsia, stated after the strike:
“One planet, two worlds: Musk launches rockets into space for the advancement of humanity, while the horde launches ballistic missiles and ‘Oreshnik’ drones to destroy it.”
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