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Fact Check: Did Kyiv's Crimea Strike Destroy Russian Zircon Missile Cache?

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Hypersonic missiles that Russia reportedly began using against Ukraine this year were wiped out, according to social media posts.

An overnight strike on a major Russian military base in northern Crimea is said to have killed 30 Russian personnel, the attack captured in fiery video footage posted online on Wednesday.Dzhankoy, a major military hub and home to one of Russia's largest airfields in Crimea, is a key location for supplying Russian troops up through Moscow-controlled southern Ukraine and the frontlines of fighting on the mainland.

That month, a prominent Russian journalist suggested that the new missiles could be used against the United States and other NATO members.However, having examined the claim's origin and the available evidence surrounding it, there doesn't seem to be much information to confirm that they were destroyed in the attack this week.Newsweek has examined the Telegram channel that the claim appeared to come from but could find no such comment about Zircon missiles.

 

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