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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Alastair Jamieson

Russia fires hypersonic missile as ‘destroyed’ Mariupol pleads for help amid fighting on streets

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Russia claims it fired a hypersonic missile for the first time in the Ukraine war on Saturday as its forces pushed deeper into Mariupol where local police said the city had been "wiped off the face of the earth”.

Moscow’s defence ministry said the “unstoppable” Kinzhal – or ‘dagger’ – weapon targeted  a weapons warehouse used by Ukrainian troops, although the claim could not be verified.

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