Russia’s attacks in Ukraine continue to increase. On the 25th day of the war, Russia launched the second hypersonic missile at Ukraine. The missiles’ lethality, and their first use since the beginning of the war, raises concerns.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that powerful Kalibr cruise missiles were launched from ships in the Crimea offshore of the Black Sea to the Ukrainian military infrastructure.
Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said, “Kalibr cruise missiles launched from the Black Sea were fired at the Nizhyn facility, which repaired Ukrainian armored vehicles damaged in the conflict.”
The extremely powerful Kalibr weapon, capable of traveling up to five times the speed of sound, was named ‘Sizzler’ (Scratcher) by NATO.
Konashenkov added that other missiles were launched from Crimea, including hypersonic Kinjal missiles, to destroy a fuel storage facility used by Ukraine.
Although the launch of Kinjal missiles is not officially confirmed today, hypersonic missiles were used in western Ukraine yesterday.
On Saturday, Russia launched its ‘Kinjal’ (Dagger) hypersonic missile, the first such weapon used since the start of the Ukraine war.
Moscow claims that ‘Kinjal’ rockets cannot be stopped by western missile defense systems.
According to Moscow, the missiles with a range of 1,250 miles and have no equivalent in the West.
According to the Interfax news agency, Konashenkov also claimed that Russia used the Bastion coastal missile system to destroy Ukrainian military radio and reconnaissance centers near the port city of Odessa.
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Konashenkov, in a statement in the capital Moscow, stated that the Russian Armed Forces and the so-called separatist administrations in Donbas continued to advance in Ukraine and captured some settlements.
Konashenkov stated that 62 military infrastructure facilities were destroyed in the last 24 hours in Ukraine, and used the following statements:
“The special operations training center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, near the Ovruc settlement of the Jitomir region, where foreign mercenaries came to Ukraine, was hit with high-precision missiles. More than 100 soldiers and foreign mercenaries were destroyed.”
Konashenkov shared the information that a total of 207 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 1467 tanks and various armored vehicles, 148 anti-aircraft missile systems, 573 howitzers and mortars and 1262 special military vehicles belonging to the Ukrainian army were destroyed. (AA)