Russia strikes Ukraine with new missiles and drones

Russia launched a mass attack on Ukraine’s Odesa region using new cruise missiles and drones, Ukrainian monitoring sources said on Thursday.

According to the reports, alongside Shahed drones, Russia used its newest cruise missile, the "Banderol," equipped with a high-explosive fragmentation warhead. Ukrainian officials had earlier said the missile can be launched from Inokhodets drones and, in the future, from Mi-28N "Night Hunter" attack helicopters.

The missile reportedly has a flight speed of up to 600 km/h and a range of up to 500 kilometres.