Russia claims it hit Ukrainian weapons storage with hypersonic missile
03/19/22
Russia on Saturday said it struck a Ukrainian weapons storage facility with a hypersonic missile.
A video shared by the Russian Defense Ministry shows a missile striking a building and obliterating it on impact.
"Destruction of a weapons depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by high-precision missile weapons strike," the ministry wrote. "We can see the exact hit of an underground hangar with weapons and ammunition."
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Russian Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said the strike was carried out on Friday and destroyed a "large underground storage facility for missiles and aviation ammunition" in the village of Deliatyn in the Ivano-Frankivsk region.
Russian officials also claimed to have destroyed a Ukrainian convoy earlier on Saturday with similar high-precision weapon strikes.
Moar: https://thehill.com/policy/international/598867-russia-claims-it-hit-ukrainian-weapons-storage-with-hypersonic-missile