FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting via video conference call in Sochi, Russia, September 28, 2020. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has test launched its Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile and successfully hit a target in the Barents Sea, a senior commander told Vladimir Putin on the Russian leader's 68th birthday on Wednesday.
Speaking to Putin by video link, Valery Gerasimov, chief of the army's general staff, said the test strike on Tuesday was carried out from the Admiral Gorshkov vessel which was located in the White Sea in northern Russia.
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