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Zelenskyy made the comments via a video link at a Stockholm defense conference, while Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom expressed his country’s commitment to support Kyiv. “Two years of this war have proven that Europe needs its own sufficient arsenal for the defense of freedom. Its own potential that will allow all of Europe, or any part of it, to stand and preserve itself under any global situation,” he said. Oleksiy Kuleba, deputy head of Ukraine’s presidency, said Russian missiles struck a shopping center and high-rise buildings in Kryvyi Rih, the south-central city that is the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The attack hit urban areas as well as train infrastructure in the Dnipro region, Ukraine’s National Railway Operator said.
Terminal supersonic flight
Vice President Kamala Harris said the US was “troubled” by China’s continued support of Russia since the war in Ukraine began, as the US continues to warn Beijing about its support for Moscow. The Post could not independently verify Russia’s claim that a weapons depot had been destroyed. The report undercuts Moscow’s narrative of having a domestically rebuilt military that again rivals that of its Western adversaries.
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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy repeated Kyiv officials’ almost daily appeals for more Western air defense systems, again drawing a parallel with how Israel blunted a recent Iranian attack. Firing large numbers of inaccurate missiles could be intended to clutter air defenses while Russia uses its best missiles for high-value targets and key infrastructure. But two officials said U.S. government analysts had noted with interest that Russia had used cruise missiles, and not less expensive, shorter-range artillery or rockets, in the aftermath of the Kerch Bridge blast. WASHINGTON — As Russian forces fire precision-guided weapons at military and civilian targets in Ukraine, officers in Ukraine’s security service working with private analysts have collected parts of the crashed missiles to unravel their enemy’s secrets.
Ukraine Reports Wave of 51 Russian Cruise Missiles
Putin’s statement comes amid widespread concerns that Russia could move to resume nuclear tests to try to discourage the West from continuing to offer military support to Ukraine after the Kremlin sent troops into the country. In Russia’s Belgorod region, two people were killed in Ukrainian shelling of the village of Nizhnee Berezovo, about 10 kilometers (six miles) from the border, according to Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov. At least seven Ukrainian civilians were killed, including a 5-year-old boy, and 18 people were wounded over the previous 24 hours, the presidential office said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss military intelligence. A Western official said Russia had built “potentially formidable” defensive lines on Ukrainian territory, including extensive minefields, and had more than 200,000 troops along the 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line, though it is unlikely to possess credible reserves. Also in January, Moscow accused Kyiv of shooting down a Russian military transport plane that was carrying Ukrainian POWs who were headed for a prisoner swap.
Despite being subsonic and having a smaller warhead than the Kh-47M2, which was among six hypersonic weapons unveiled by Putin in 2018, "the use of the Kh-69 missile may be considered a worse option for Ukraine," the publication said. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said on Friday that Russia is producing and deploying a new subsonic cruise missile, dubbed the Kh-69, intended to continue its bombarding of Ukraine's energy infrastructure. The first mention of their use was in February although there were isolated cases last year. The investigators were unable to determine whether the Kh-101 remnants they studied were from missiles that reached their targets and exploded or were intercepted in flight and shot down. It is believed to be able to carry a nuclear warhead or a conventional one, and potentially could stay aloft for a much longer time than other missiles and cover much more distance, thanks to nuclear propulsion.
While the Biden administration believes there is evidence that Russia has depleted stocks of its most efficient weapons, U.S. officials say there is no sign Moscow is ready or willing to relent in its recent barrages against civilian areas in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities. However, he said that Russia's ability to manufacture the missiles depends on whether they can source critical components and it was unlikely Moscow could produce them much more quickly than its other domestically produced missiles. Think tank said the air-to-surface subsonic missile had been used in strikes on Thursday which destroyed the transformer, turbines and generators of the Trypilska Thermal Power Plant (TPP) in Kyiv Oblast. But it also shows that the weapons Russia is using to destroy Ukrainian towns and cities are often powered by Western innovation, despite sanctions imposed against Russia after it invaded Crimea in 2014.
WHAT’S BEHIND THE CHOICE OF TARGETS?
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula are at their highest in years, with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dialing up his weapons demonstrations, which have included more powerful missiles aimed at the U.S. mainland and U.S. targets in the Pacific. The United States, South Korea and Japan have responded by expanding their combined military training and sharpening their deterrence strategies built around strategic U.S. assets. Russia resumed its winter bombardment strategy, pummeling several areas across Ukraine on Monday using its largest hypersonic and cruise missiles and killing at least four people while injuring 30 others. While not as fast as the hypersonic air-launched ballistic missile Kh-47M2 Kinzhal— the Russian word for "dagger"—Ukrainian publication Defense Express reported that the Kh-69 "in terms of its consequences for Ukrainians, may be more dangerous." Moscow's deployment of a new cruise missile in Ukraine has raised concerns that Vladimir Putin has access to a weapon "more dangerous" than the faster "Dagger" hypersonic ballistic missile that the Russian president had previously boasted about. The Defense Department confirmed that Ukrainian forces struck the Russian military resupply ship Orsk while it was docked at the port of Berdyansk, in southern Ukraine.
Russia fires 30 cruise missiles at Ukrainian targets; Ukraine says 29 were shot down
A cruise missile has the advantage over a ballistic missile of being able to fly under and around missile defense radars and interceptors.[7] However, conventional jet-propelled missiles have a limited flight time and range. The United States started building the SLAM nuclear-powered cruise missile during the 1950's, but abandoned the project, in part due to the radioactive pollution that would result from engine tests. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired 30 cruise missiles against different parts of Ukraine early Thursday in the latest nighttime test of Ukrainian air defenses, which shot down 29 of them, officials said.
Russian troops no longer moving toward Kyiv
Investigators who examined the electronics in Russia’s newest cruise missiles and attack helicopters were surprised to find decades-old technology reused from earlier models. When Putin first revealed that Russia was working on the weapon in his 2018 state-of-the-nation address, he claimed it would have an unlimited range, allowing it to circle the globe undetected by missile defense systems. MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has successfully tested an experimental nuclear-powered cruise missile, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, while also warning that the country’s parliament could revoke its ratification of a treaty banning nuclear tests.
Geolocation of the video by The Post shows the missiles appear to be traveling northwest, away from the city. As the narrator recites the date and location, the camera pans to show his surroundings. Those findings are detailed in a new report issued Saturday by Conflict Armament Research, an independent group based in Britain that identifies and tracks weapons and ammunition used in wars around the world. The research team examined the Russian matériel in July at the invitation of the Ukrainian government. But they contained fairly low-tech components, analysts who examined them said, including a unique but basic satellite navigation system that was also found in other captured munitions. The findings are among the most recent by Conflict Armament Research, an independent group based in Britain that identifies and tracks weapons and ammunition used in wars.
That choice, the officials said, could indicate that Russia is running low on cheaper, reliable mid-range weapons and is having trouble replenishing its stockpiles due to sanctions and supply chain disruptions. The Russian military hasn’t said how many missiles it has fired and how many are left, and there is no data to independently assess the state of the Russian arsenal. Russia first used the SS-N-30A Kalibr missile in Syria in October 2015, when it launched 26 missiles from Russian naval vessels in the Caspian Sea, at forces fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Russia stuck barracks in the southern port city of Mykolaiv with a Kalibr missile earlier this month, the New York Times reported, killing at least eight Ukrainian soldiers who had been sleeping there.
Russian officials say the military has sufficient stockpiles of long-range missiles and that factories are churning out more, rejecting Western claims its supplies are shrinking. Additional video filmed around the same time shows eight flares with long tails that appear to be airborne missiles flying over the Black Sea. Russia said the 3M-14 Kalibr cruise missile attack destroyed a major Ukrainian arsenal. Ukrainian Air Force spokesperson Major Ilya Yevlash said the Kh-69 was an improved version of the Kh-59 cruise missile, which Moscow has used to target Ukrainian infrastructure over the last few weeks.
In January, the Ukrainian air force said it shot down a Russian early warning and control plane and a key command center aircraft that relays information to troops on the ground, in what appeared to be a significant blow for the Kremlin’s forces. The next month, Ukraine said it knocked out another early warning and control plane. Meanwhile, Russian missiles struck cities in the central Dnipro region of Ukraine, killing eight people, including a 14-year-old girl and 8-year-old boy, and injuring 28, local officials said.
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