Russia fires 'invisible' hypersonic missile in combat for the first time ever

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Russia's defence ministry claims that it has used hypersonic missiles for the first time ever during combat. The ministry said that Russian forces had struck an underground missile depot in the Ivano-Frankovsk region of Ukraine yesterday.

It is believed to have been carried out using Kinzhal - or 'Dagger' - missiles, which are thought to have a range of around 2,000km.

The speed coupled with the ability to fly low makes them almost 'invisible' to most missile defence systems, the Mirror reports.

Experts say that Kinzhal missiles are capable of carrying nuclear warheads.This is the first known time the new Kinzhal has been used in the conflict but it is understood that it was earlier "tested" in Syria.Vladimir Putin previously said that the country began to create hypersonic weapons "in response to the US deployment of a strategic missile defence system." Russian defence ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov said: “The Kinzhal aviation missile system with hypersonic aero-ballistic missiles destroyed a large underground ammunition depot in the Ivano-Frankivsk region."Russia added that it also destroyed Ukrainian military radio and reconnaissance centres near Odessa using a coastal missile system.The use of weapons is the latest sign that Putin is becoming increasingly desperate in his illegal invasion of the country.Russia's military has struggled to carry it out but the country has previously bragged about its supply of hypersonic missiles.The UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD) said Russia "has been forced" to change its approach "and is now pursuing a strategy of attrition."In its latest intelligence update, the UK ministry said: "This is likely to involve the indiscriminate use of firepower resulting in increased