Russia says it used its new Oreshnik hypersonic missile and other weapons in a massive strike on Ukraine​. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says a drone hit the Qatar embassy.

Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 242 drones and 36 missiles, the Ukrainian Air Force said Friday morning.

It is only the second time Moscow has deployed the hypersonic ballistic missile, which was first used to hit Dnipro in November.

The hypersonic Oreshnik intermediate range ballistic missile hit Ukraine's western Lviv region late Thursday night, although officials there did not mention any casualties.

The attack was just the second time that Moscow had launched the nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic weapon.

Efforts are continuing to restore services in Dnipropetrovsk, officials say, after wide-spread attacks in the southeast.

The UAV, which bears a resemblance to the Iranian-designed Karrar drone, utilizes the Telefly jet engine, though with a greater thrust than the Geran-3 model, according to HUR.

Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine's Ambassador to the United States, has responded to recent statements by Anna Paulina Luna, the controversial Republican member of the US House of Representatives, who claimed that Christians are being persecuted in Ukraine and said she would contact the State Department after receiving an appeal from MP Oleksandr Dubinskyi,