Russia has attacked Ukraine with a 3M22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missile for the first since the start of the war, Ukrainian experts said.

The anti-ship missile, described by Vladimir Putin as “invincible”, was allegedly deployed during February 7 strikes that killed at least five and injured 50, the Kyiv Independent reported.

“This is evidenced by the markings on parts and fragments, the identification of components and parts, and the features of the relevant type of weapon,” Oleksandr Ruvin, director of the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise, wrote on Telegram.

Moscow has previously claimed that the missiles travel at nine times the speed of sound and can hit targets at a distance of 1,000km. The researchers who examined the debris said that “the weapon does not meet the tactical and technical characteristics claimed” by Russia.

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