Russia intensified the military campaign in Ukraine, despite growing international sanctions and used, for the first time, Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, one of its most modern weaponsto hit a military warehouse in western Ukraine.
The Russian Defense Ministry assured that the country’s aviation had destroyed an underground depot with missiles and aerial ammunition in the town of Deliatin.
The “large underground repository of missiles and aerial ammunition” was destroyed in the region of Ivanko-Frankovsk, spokesman Igor Konashenkov said, adding that in the operation they were employed Kinzhal missiles.
“There were statements about the Kinzhal, of which the Russians are proud, but we don’t know what kind of weapon was used and we can’t confirm it yet,” a Ukrainian military spokesman said.
One of the main characteristics of the Russian missile is the ability to permanently maneuver during its trajectory and its altitude to fly, which makes its interception as difficult as possible.
Russian forces entered the besieged Ukrainian port of Mariupol yesterday, where heavy fighting has shut down a major steel plant and local authorities have appealed to the West for more help.
The fall of Mariupol, scene of some of the conflict’s greatest hardship, could mark a major battlefield breakthrough for the Russians, who are largely stuck outside major cities more than three weeks away from the largest ground invasion. in Europe since World War II.
In Mikolaiv, a shelling killed dozens of soldiers in a barracks, Governor Vitali Klim said. The Russians “cowardly fired missiles at sleeping soldiers; rescue operations continue,” he said.
EFE, AFP and AP
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