Russia unleashed its deadly hypersonic missile for the first time as a chilling video showed the moment of the "unstoppable" weapon hit an ammunition depot in Ukraine.
Drone footage shared on Saturday (March 19) by Russia's Ministry of Defence shows the high-precision weapon taking aim at one of the warehouses containing missiles and aviation ammunition in the village of Deliatyn in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, west Ukraine.When the missile hits the target, it blasts the whole construction into pieces, sending plumes of black smoke to the air.
They are so fast they're described as almost 'invisible' - with no warning before they strike.Several Ukrainian soldiers working in the depot are seen fleeing for their lives on foot as they run away from the burning building and towards the snow-capped forest.Russia's MoD tweeted: "Destruction of the warehouse with weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a strike of high-precision missile weapons."On the video of objective control, the exact hit of the rocket into the underground hangar with weapons and ammunition was recorded."Russia confirmed it used an advanced “Kinzhal” hypersonic missile for the first time on Friday to target a large underground warehouse in southwestern Ukraine.
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