Russia used hypersonic missiles in its latest barrage across Ukraine

RussiaMilitary uses Hypersonic missiles As part of the large-scale barrage that took place on Thursday.

Russian forces launched numerous strikes across the country on Thursday Ukraine In what was one the largest strikes in weeks, they claimed it was in retaliation to a alleged Ukrainian operation in Russia’s Bryansk area. Six of the more that 80 strikes were X-47 Kinzhal, air-launched cruise missiles hypersonic missiles.

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Officials from Ukraine claimed that they are not equipped to intercept hypersonic weapons. They travel at speeds five times faster than sound.

“The attack is really large-scale and for the first time using such different types of missiles. We see that this time as many as six Kinzhal were used. This is an attack like I don’t remember seeing before,” Yurii Ihnat was the spokesperson for the Air Force Command of Ukraine. “So far, we have no capabilities to counter these weapons,” He also mentioned the Kinzhals as well as six X-22 air-launched missile cruise missiles, which were also part of the barrage.

While Russia’s use of hypersonic missiles during the war in Ukraine was not new, Thursday’s strikes are not the first. Officials from the United States say that they don’t understand why.

“We’ve seen these reports of hypersonics. This would not be the first time that the Ukrainians used hypersonics. They’ve done this in the past. It’s difficult to understand why