Russia fires hypersonic missiles, piercing air defenses

 

Russia fires barrage of hypersonic missiles, piercing Ukrainian air defenses

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/09/russia-hypersonic-missiles-ukraine-war/

 

Thursday’s airstrikes marked the first time in weeks that Russia sent such a varied range of high-powered missiles raining down on Ukraine, after a brief pause in the relentless bombing campaign against Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure that started in October and continued roughly through mid-February.

Cars, buildings burned after deadly missile strikes Kyiv

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A large plume of black smoke was seen over Kyiv after Russian missiles struck the capital on March 9. Cars and residential buildings were hit in the strikes. (Video: Reuters)