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Russia used its newest Kinzhal hypersonic missile for the first time in the invasion of Ukraine. Advanced hypersonic missile Russia it was used on Friday (18/3) local time to destroy weapons storage areas in western Ukraine.
“The Kinzhal aviation missile system with hypersonic aeroballistic missiles destroyed a large underground warehouse containing missiles and aviation ammunition” in the village of Deliatyn in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said, as reported by the Russian news agency. AFPSaturday (19/3/2022).
State news agency RIA Novosti said it was the first use of the Kinzhal hypersonic weapon during what Moscow called a “special military operation” in Ukraine pro-Western.
A Defense Ministry spokesman declined to comment when contacted by AFP.
Previously, President of Russia Vladimir Putin called the Kinzhal (Dagger) missile an “ideal weapon” that flies at 10 times the speed of sound and can overcome air defense systems.
The Kinzhal missile was one of a series of new weapons that Putin unveiled in his State of the Union address in 2018.
Deliatyn, a village at the foot of the picturesque Carpathian mountains, is located outside the city of Ivano-Frankivsk.
The Ivano-Frankivsk region shares a 50-kilometre (30-mile) border with NATO member Romania.
(ita / ita)
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