The Russian military claimed on Sunday that it had launched a series of strikes on military targets in Ukraine employing hypersonic missiles and cruise missiles on Saturday night and Sunday morning.
In a statement released on Sunday, Russian Ministry of Defense spokesperson Igor Konashenkov said sea-launched Kalibr cruise missiles were fired from the Caspian Sea and air-launched Kinzhal hypersonic missile systems were fired from the airspace over Crimea.
Konashenkov said the missiles targeted what he described as a large storage base for fuels and lubricants of the Ukrainian armed forces near the settlement of Kostyantynivka, in Ukraine’s southern Mykolaiv region. Konashenkov claimed the location was used as a main supply and refueling base for Ukraine armored forces.
Separately, Konashenkov said sea-launched Kalibr cruise missiles were fired from the Black Sea and targeted a workshop for the repair of Ukrainian armored vehicles.
Konashenkov said air-launched precision missiles targeted what he described as a training center of the Ukrainian armed forces near the settlement of Ovruch, in Ukraine’s northern Zhytomyr region. The Russian military claimed in that statement that dozens of Ukrainian special-operations forces and “foreign mercenaries” — apparent shorthand for international volunteers heading for Ukraine — had been killed. CNN could not immediately verify any of those claims.
US officials also confirmed that Russia launched hypersonic missiles against Ukraine last week, the first known use of such missiles in combat.
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