The missile struck a military warehouse in the early hours of Thursday morning, sparking condemnation from world leaders who labelled the move as an escalation.
Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence says the Russian hypersonic missile launched on Thursday flew to its target in Dnipro in just 15 minutes.A new "experimental" Russian missile travelled at over 11 times the speed of sound — or over 13,000 kilometres per hour — before hitting targets in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro , Kyiv's top spy agency says.
However, Mr Putin as well as NATO and US sources later said the weapon was an intermediate-range ballistic missile. The day before Russia's use of the new weapon, several foreign embassies — including the US embassy — were temporarily closed.The US announces it will send anti-personnel landmines, just days after approving Western-made longer-range missile strikes in Russia.
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