Vladimir Putin on Friday boasted about launching a a simultaneous salvo of its 6,670mph Zircon hypersonic missiles, saying that the development will 'strengthen Russia's security'. This was however the first time that Russian authorities reported a successful simultaneous launch test of several Zircon missiles. When asked on Friday about the build-up of Russian troops near Ukraine, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Moscow was acting to defend its own security. In the Black Sea Sukhoi Su-27SM3 fighter jets stationed in Krasnodar drilled on challenging Western or Ukrainian warships seen as threatening the Russian border, defence sources said. Mass burial sites were being dug along the Ukraine border as a 'priority', Russian outlet MK reported, citing leaked legal documents.

Source: The Nation December 25, 2021 09:58 UTC