Moscow's latest marvel reached its destination with all the confidence of a GPS set to "chaos."

Analysts told Newsweek Russia's strikes were in response to several battlefield setbacks.

MOSCOW, June 2 (Reuters) - The Russian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday that its massive overnight strike on Ukraine was a response to what it called "terrorist acts" against targets inside Russia and said it had struck a range of Ukrainian military targets.

More than 20 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in another major Russian missile and drone attack on the Ukrainian capital Kiev and other parts of the country, Ukrainian officials said

A Russian Oreshnik missile fired at Ukraine in January appears to have been made nine years ago and contains only Russian and Belarusian components, Ukrainian experts said on Friday after examining fragments of a weapon Russia says is a game-changer.

UK’s defence secretary warns Russia poses ‘greatest threat to Arctic and High North security since the Cold War’

The latest Russian assault involving the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile triggered fresh alarm across Europe, with Western leaders accusing Moscow of escalating the war through advanced strategic weaponry.

Moscow’s repeated warnings of a major strike, combined with the delay before it happened, seemed intended to inflict a psychological toll on the Ukrainian capital.