The British Ministry of Defense believes that the use of hypersonic missiles by the Russian army is most likely aimed at diverting attention from the lack of progress in the ground campaign of the war against Ukraine. The British Ministry of Defense announced this on Twitter..

Over the past few days, Russia has claimed to have fired hypersonic missiles at targets in western Ukraine..

According to British intelligence, Russian statements about the use of the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system are likely intended to divert attention from the lack of progress in the ground part of the war campaign..

Russian officials claim that the Kinzhal missile can hit targets at a distance of up to 2,000 km at a speed of more than 6,000 km/h.

However, the British Ministry of Defense noted that the use of "

Latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 21 March 2022Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t. co/uzFLpim2nq? #StandWithUkraine pic. twitter. com/d1j6tdCLIJ.

— Ministry of Defense? (@DefenceHQ) March 21, 2022.

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Recall, on March 19, Russia attacked ammunition depots near Ivano-Frankivsk with a rocket.

In the Russian Federation, they claimed that they used the Dagger hypersonic complex.

Ukrainian military and American experts confirmed the use of hypersonic missiles, but could not say whether the Kinzhal missile was used for the strike..

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin believes that hypersonic weapons will not be able to turn the tide of the Russian-Ukrainian war, and the use of such missiles is rather an attempt by Vladimir Putin to give a new impetus to a stalled offensive.