Russia: Hypersonic missiles used to destroy weapons depot in western Ukraine

Above, an airman examines MiG-31K fighter of the Russian air force carrying a Kinzhal hypersonic cruise missile on Feb. 19, 2022. (Russian Defence Ministry/AFP)

• First use of the Kinzhal hypersonic weapons for ‘special military operation’ in pro-Western Ukraine

MOSCOW: Russia used its newest Kinzhal hypersonic missiles for the first time in Ukraine on Friday to destroy a weapons storage site in the country’s west, the defense ministry said.
“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 Saturday.
State news agency RIA Novosti said it was the first use of the Kinzhal hypersonic weapons during what Moscow calls a “special military operation” in pro-Western Ukraine.