Russia fired hypersonic missiles at Ukraine in a revenge attack which killed at least 16 people and injured 100 others.
In one of the largest aerial assaults of the war, as many as eight Zircon hypersonic missiles were launched, with Ukraine unable to intercept a single one.
The anti-ship missile, which Russia claims can travel at Mach 9 (6,900mph), has previously been described by Vladimir Putin as “invincible”.
In total, 73 missiles and 656 drones were fired just hours after Putin vowed to respond to a drone attack on a student dormitory in Russian-held Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, which killed 21 people.
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