Russia's defence ministry said on Monday that the target it hit last week in a strike with a hypersonic Oreshnik missile was a Ukrainian aircraft repair plant, which was disabled.

Andrii Melnyk, Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has said he expects the UN Security Council, convened over large-scale Russian strikes – including the use of the Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile – to take very firm steps to stop Russian aggression.