Russia says it used hypersonic missiles in Ukraine for first time | Information

The aeroballistic missiles destroyed a big underground warehouse containing missiles and aviation ammunition, Russia says.

Russia says it used its latest Kinzhal hypersonic missiles for the primary time in Ukraine to destroy a weapons storage website within the nation’s west.

Russia’s Interfax information company stated it was the primary time Russia had deployed the hypersonic Kinzhal system because it despatched its troops into Ukraine on February 24.

“The Kinzhal aviation missile system with hypersonic aeroballistic missiles destroyed a big underground warehouse containing missiles and aviation ammunition within the village of Deliatyn within the Ivano-Frankivsk area,” defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov stated on Saturday.

The area of Ivano-Frankivsk shares a 50km (30 miles) lengthy border with NATO member Romania.

The ministry additionally stated Russian forces used the anti-ship missile system Bastion to destroy Ukrainian navy amenities close to the Black Sea port of Odesa.

Al Jazeera was not capable of independently confirm Konashenkov’s statements.

The workplace of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

‘Kamikaze drones’

Russia prides itself on its superior weaponry, and President Vladimir Putin stated in December that Russia was the worldwide chief in hypersonic missiles, whose velocity, manoeuvrability and altitude make them troublesome to trace and intercept.

The Kinzhal missiles are a part of an array of weapons unveiled in 2018.

Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan stated due to the character of warfare, new weapons methods are sometimes used.

“Previously few days in Kyiv we’ve seen cruise missiles shot from Russian territory which have been intercepted by Ukrainian air defence methods as effectively,” Khan stated, talking from the Ukrainian capital.

“We’re additionally listening to about the truth that Russia is introducing kamikaze drones into the battle. That is the primary time we’re listening to affirmation about using hypersonic missiles.”

Russia first used the hypersonic missile throughout its navy marketing campaign in Syria in 2016.

Putin has known as the Kinzhal (Dagger) missile “a super weapon” that flies at 10 instances the velocity of sound and might overcome air-defence methods.