Aeroballistic missiles destroyed a large underground warehouse containing missiles and aviation ammunition, Moscow says.
Highlights
- Russia says it used its newest Kinzhal hypersonic missiles for the first time in Ukraine to destroy a weapons storage site in the country’s west.
- The aeroballistic missiles destroyed a large underground warehouse containing missiles and aviation ammunition, Moscow says.
- The region of Ivano-Frankivsk shares a 50km (30 miles) long border with NATO member Romania.
- President Vladimir Putin announced an array of new weapons in 2018 in one of his most bellicose speeches in years, saying they could hit almost any point in the world and evade a United States-built missile shield.
- Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan said because of the nature of war, new weapons systems are often used.