Russia explains the bombing of the kyiv shopping center and the use of Kinzhal hypersonic missiles

Ukrainian forces are using residential areas and their social facilities to deploy artillery systems there to attack the Russian military, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said.

In particular, in the Vynohradar district on the outskirts of kyiv, the Ukrainian army was hiding in residential buildings where it had deployed several rocket launchers to attack Russian servicemen, he said.

According to Konashenkov, the Ukrainian military used the nearby mall area as a base, where it stored rocket-propelled munitions and reloaded several rocket launchers.

“Live recordings clearly show a Ukrainian multiple-launch rocket launcher entering the commercial center on the outskirts of Kyiv to cover missile reloading,” the Defense Ministry spokesman said.

The MLRS battery and their ammunition storage base in the non-operational mall were destroyed in a precision attack, he said.

Russia will continue to use Kinzhal hypersonic missiles in Ukraine

The Russian military will continue to use state-of-the-art Kinzhal air-to-air systems with hypersonic aeroballistic missiles during the special operation in Ukraine, Igor Konashenkov also said.

“The combat use of the Kinzhal aviation missile system has confirmed its effectiveness in destroying highly protected special targets of the enemy. We will continue to use this particular aviation missile system to conduct missile strikes on Ukraine’s military infrastructure,” he said. .

According to Konashenkov, this hypersonic weapon is very accurate and is only used to destroy military installations.

Russia has already destroyed underground storage facilities for aviation munitions and Tochka-U missile systems in the village of Delyatin and large fuel depots in the village of Konstantinovka, Konashenkov said.

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