Russia admits using hypersonic missiles in Ukraine invasion
March 19, 2022, 3:24 pm

Russia admits using hypersonic missiles in Ukraine invasion

Downtown Kharkiv before and during the Russian aggression. Kharkiv is the second-largest city in Ukraine. Its residential areas have been targeted by Russian shells, rockets, bombs, missiles for days now (File photo: Euromaidan Press via Mariana_Betsa)

The Asharq Al-Awsat reported, according to the Interfax news agency, Russia's defense ministry said on Saturday it had destroyed a large underground depot for missiles and aircraft ammunition in Ukraine's Ivano-Frankivsk region using hypersonic missiles.

The ministry said it had also destroyed Ukrainian military radio and reconnaissance centers near the port city of Odessa using a coastal missile system, Interfax reported.

Reuters was not able to independently verify the ministry's statements.

Meanwhile, Ukraine hopes to evacuate civilians on Saturday via ten humanitarian corridors from cities and towns on the front line of fighting with Russian forces.

Zelenskyy to Johnson: "If we cannot enter NATO's 'open door', then we must work with communities available, communities that will help us. Like yours. And have some guarantees–reliable guarantees that will work for us. And also for you. I ask you: help yourself by helping us. You know we crucially need airplanes". He also indicated needs: the ban on Russia to use world ports, its complete disconnection from SWIFT, the recognition of Russia as terrorist state, embargo on any trade with Russia (File photo and text: Euromaidan Press)

Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said a corridor had been agreed for the besieged city of Mariupol, although the authorities' previous efforts to evacuate civilians there under a temporary ceasefire have mostly failed, with both sides trading blame.

Deputy mayor Anatoliy Kurtiev said that also Saturday, the Ukrainian military imposed a 38-hour curfew in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, starting at 1400 GMT.

He said in an online post: "Do not go outside at this time!"

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The regional capital has become an important point of transit for some of the 35,000 people estimated to have Mariupol city in the southeast.

Source: aawsat

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