Kramarov, a reserve officer of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, said the Zircon is a sea-launched hypersonic missile fired from the ...

Russia allegedly targeted Ukraine with the powerful hypersonic Zircon missile, believed to be for the first time in the nearly two-year-long war, the head of a Kyiv research institute said on Monday.

The Zircon’s first combat deployment occurred in January 2023, signaling its readiness for operational use. By March 2024, President Putin confirmed the missile’s use in active combat, specifically ...