Russia is reported to have struck Ukraine with hypersonic missiles on Sunday for the second time since Friday. As per a report by Interfax, Russia struck Ukraine with cruise missiles from ships within the Black Sea and Caspian Sea.

On Friday, Russia used the Kinzhal hypersonic missiles for the primary time in its warfare towards Ukraine. The Russian defence ministry stated it was to destroy a weapons storage website.

"The Kinzhal aviation missile system with hypersonic aeroballistic missiles destroyed a big underground warehouse containing missiles and aviation ammunition within the village of Deliatyn within the Ivano-Frankivsk area", the Russian defence ministry stated Saturday, as per AFP.

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It was the primary purported use of the Kinzhal hypersonic weapon. Russia has by no means earlier than admitted to utilizing the high-precision weapon in fight, state information company RIA Novosti stated.

Hypersonic missiles can journey at greater than 5 instances the pace of sound. In response to Russian officers, the Kinzhal hypersonic missile can hit a goal as much as 2,000km (1,240 miles) away and may fly sooner than 6,000 km/h.

The Russia-Ukraine warfare entered its fourth week on March 20, with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calling on Moscow to decide to significant bilateral talks and cease its invasion of Ukraine.

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