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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Chris Stevenson

Russia’s first missile barrage against Ukraine in weeks knocks nuclear plant off grid for hours

REUTERS

Russia has launched a huge wave of missile strikes across Ukraine, killing a number of civilians and forcing Europe’s largest nuclear power plant off the electrical grid for hours.

It is the first search mass attack in weeks, with the strikes including the use of hypersonic cruise missiles – one of Moscow’s most valuable weapons which travel at such speed they can evade air defences.

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