Russian authorities have revealed that she used its newest Kinzhal hypersonic missiles for the first time in Ukraine yesterday to destroy a weapons storage site in the country’s west.
This was made known by the defence ministry on Saturday.
Russia has never before admitted using the high-precision weapon in combat, and state news agency RIA Novosti said it was the first use of the Kinzhal hypersonic weapons during the conflict in pro-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 defence ministry said Saturday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has termed the Kinzhal (Dagger) missile “an ideal weapon” that flies at 10 times the speed of sound and can overcome air-defence systems.
The Kinzhal missile was one of an array of new weapons Putin unveiled in his state-of-the-nation address in 2018.
Deliatyn, a village in the foothills of the picturesque Carpathian mountains, is located outside the city of Ivano-Frankivsk.
The region of Ivano-Frankivsk shares a 50-kilometre (30-mile) long border with NATO member Romania.
Meanwhile, the Government of the United Kingdom has revealed that it would deploy its Sky Sabre air defence system to Poland to support ongoing operations in Ukraine.
Britain said it would also deploy along with it, 100 troops to operate it.
The UK Ministry of Defence said this after the Polish government had requested the anti-air warfare system.
The UK defence ministry disclosed this on Twitter.
‘Sky Sabre has unprecedented speed, accuracy, performance and target acquisition, which will significantly enhance Poland’s air defences,’ it said on Twitter.
He said the deployment will help the Polish government protect its airspace from ‘any further aggression from Russia,’ he added.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
