Russia launches supersonic cruise missile in Black Sea as Putin sends chilling message to Biden

Russia launches supersonic cruise missile in Black Sea as Putin sends chilling message to Biden. It comes as US ships entered the Black Sea earlier this week. The missile was launched in a live-fire exercise coinciding with the first visit by a US Legend-class national security cutter in 13 years. The Vulkan firing comes shortly before the arrival of two Royal Navy warships amid deep tension in Ukraine over fears of a Russian invasion. A surface target was hit at a distance of 19 miles, said naval sources. A large area of sea was closed by 20 Russian naval vessels for the firing, blocking access for foreign ships, an act condemned in advance by the US. Footage of the live fire drill from the Moskva - flagship of the Black Sea fleet - was released by the Russian defence ministry. It comes after a botched missile launch yesterday when a Kalibr missile misfired and almost hit the Marshal Shaposhnikov Udaloy-class destroyer in the Sea of Japan on Russia’s Pacific coast. The US Coast
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