INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
south.The Russian Defense Ministry also said it killed more than 100 members of Ukrainian special forces and "foreign mercenaries" when it
hypersonic ballistic missiles destroyed a large storage site for fuels and lubricants of the Ukrainian armed forces near the settlement of
Russian-controlled Crimea, the ministry said, adding that Kalibr cruise missiles launched from the Caspian Sea had also targeted the
western Ukraine close to the border with NATO member Romania.The Ukrainian armed forces confirmed to AFP on Saturday that the depot had been
targeted but said they had "no information of the type of missile."Russian analysts said the use Friday of the Kinzhal hypersonic missiles
in Deliatyn, a village in the foothills of the Carpathian mountains, was the first combat use of such weapons in the world.The Russian
Defense Ministry said that it also used long-range precision weapons against other facilities in Ukraine on Saturday evening and early
Sunday.Russian forces fired the Kalibr missiles from the Black Sea to target a plant in the northern city of Nizhyn used to repair armored
vehicles, the ministry said.
