Russia Fires Oreshnik Hypersonic Missile at Kyiv Region in 690-Strike Wave
Kyiv absorbed a hypersonic Oreshnik strike on 24 May 2026 layered into a 690-drone wave, the clearest test yet of whether Western-supplied air defence can hold under Moscow's saturation-plus-premium-munition doctrine.

title: "Russia Fires Oreshnik Hypersonic Missile at Kyiv Region in 690-Strike Wave" date: "2026-05-24T04:15:00Z" category: "defense" author: "Monexus Staff Writer" region: "Europe" tags: ["russia-ukraine", "oreshnik", "hypersonic", "air-defence", "drone-warfare"] excerpt: "Kyiv absorbed a hypersonic Oreshnik strike on 24 May 2026 layered into a 690-drone wave, the clearest test yet of whether Western-supplied air defence can hold under Moscow's saturation-plus-premium-munition doctrine."
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