The scene of Minister Itamar Ben Gvir humiliating the international activists of the Global Sumud Flotilla could cost the Israeli government dearly. In the European Union, which is gradually hardening its stance regarding the attitude of Beniamin Netanyahu’s administration, the images of foreign civilians handcuffed and kneeling amid the laughter of the Israeli National Security Minister have caused outrage.

The stray dog that went in and out every so often of the Kontraktova ploshcha metro station, in the central Podil neighborhood, was the perfect thermometer to understand when the attacks launched by Russia in the early hours of Sunday on Kyiv intensified and which is one of the harshest, if not the greatest, of what it has launched against the Ukrainian capital since the beginning of the invasion in February 2022.

It is the third time that Russia presents to the public the star of its arsenal and, as on this occasion, it previously left behind what it was designed for: destruction. The Oréshnik, whose name in Russian means ‘hazelnut’, is a next-generation hypersonic ballistic missile that the Russian army used for the first time on November 21, 2024, during the attack on a weapons factory near the Ukrainian city of Dnipro (southeast). The second attack took place on January 9, 2026, against the Lviv province (west).