Russia's Interfax news agency said it was the first time Russia had deployed the hypersonic Kinzhal system since it sent its troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24.
Defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told a briefing that the underground depot hit by the Kinzhal system on Friday housed Ukrainian missiles and aircraft ammunition, according to a recording of the briefing shared by Russian news agencies.
A spokesperson for Ukraine's air force command confirmed a Russian missile strike on Delyatyn in the Ivano-Frankivsk region on Friday, without giving further details.
Russia prides itself on its advanced weaponry, and President Vladimir Putin said in December that Russia was the global leader in hypersonic missiles, whose speed, manoeuvrability and altitude make them difficult to track and intercept.
The Kinzhal missiles are part of an array of weapons unveiled in 2018.
Konashenkov added on Saturday that Russian forces had also destroyed military radio and reconnaissance centres near the Ukrainian port city of Odessa using the Bastion coastal missile system.
Hypersonic weapons finally being used in war
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> Simply put, there is no single operational missile defence system that is capable of intercepting a hypersonic missile.
kino
tbqh Russia probably only has a couple of those. But Russian engineering has always been good so not surprised they got a few advanced weapons.
fuck yeah, roll out the big guns.
let's crush this fucking jewish wannabe gangster Zelensky.
ukrainesisters... have the russians been going easy on us this whole time?
Ukrainians have been saying online for years that Russia cannot have hypersonic missiles. They called the 2016 3D presentation of hypersonic missiles "Putin's Cartoons"
God Bless Russia and President Vladimir Putin. Hyper Sonic...pewpewpew.....
>T-TWO WEEKS AND RUSSIA WILL S-SURELY BE F-F-FINISHED!!!
Time for unconditional surrender ukies