A Russian cruise missile struck the upper floors of a 20-story residential apartment building in a civilian neighborhood of Kyiv at approximately 7 AM. The eyewitness identified the weapon as a level-flying cruise missile and estimated the explosive yield between 100-1000 kg.
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A Russian cruise missile struck the upper floors of a 20-story residential apartment building in a civilian neighborhood of Kyiv at approximately 7 AM. The eyewitness identified the weapon as a level-flying cruise missile and estimated the explosive yield between 100-1000 kg.
Russia's 3M22 Tsirkon hypersonic missile was fired in anger for the first time as part of a 40-plus-strong missile attack on Ukraine
The missile was shot down over Kyiv by Ukrainian air defenses on that occasion
Russia used a 3M22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missile during its attack on Kyiv on 7 February, which was unsuccessful
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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.225Z
Source story: day-714-2024-02-07