Multipurpose fighter MiG-31 with a hypersonic missile “Dagger”. Archive photoRead ria.ru inMOSCOW, March 19 – RIA Novosti.
For the first time since the beginning of the operation, the armed forces used Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, hitting a Ukrainian military warehouse, Major General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said.”On March 18, the Kinzhal aviation missile system with hypersonic aeroballistic missiles destroyed a large underground warehouse of missiles and aviation ammunition of Ukrainian troops in the village of Delyatyn, Ivano-Frankivsk region,” he said.
Евпатория ДербентIn total, 69 objects were hit by the Aerospace Forces during the night – four command posts, four anti-aircraft missile systems, of which three S-300 and one Buk-M1, one radar station for guidance and target designation, three installations of multiple launch rocket systems, 12 warehouses of rocket and artillery weapons, as well as 43 places of accumulation of military equipment.
In addition, Russian air defense shot down 12 Ukrainian drones.Since February 24, the Russian Armed Forces have been conducting a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine . The Ministry of Defense says that the VKS strikes only on military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. There are casualties on both sides.