Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov said that Russia is using laser weapons in the war against Ukraine - the Zadira laser complex.

“Russia is using laser weapons in a special operation in Ukraine, in particular the Zadira laser system, capable of hitting a target at a distance of up to 5 km,” Russian propagandists and state agencies quote Borisov..

Russia is showing off a new generation of laser weapons, including a mobile laser system first announced by dictator Vladimir Putin in 2018 that Moscow says is advanced enough to blind orbiting satellites and destroy drones..

In 2018, Putin unveiled a range of new weapons, including a new intercontinental ballistic missile, a small nuclear warhead that can be attached to cruise missiles, submarine nuclear drones, supersonic weapons, and laser weapons..

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At the end of 2018, the Russian state television channel RT published footage of a test launch of an Avangard missile with a hypersonic gliding winged warhead, which Putin spoke about in his address to the Federal Assembly in March of the same year..