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Meet Dominika Egorova, of the Russian intelligence service. Moments later she walks away, leaving her assailant for dead. Shimmers with authenticity' NEW YORK TIMES 'The greatest ever female character in spy fiction' SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE _ Paris A young woman is cornered on a deserted boulevard. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at more stories like this, check our news page.DISCOVER WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AFTER THE RED SPARROW STARRING JENNIFER LAWRENCE. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu contested the Ukrainian claims, telling the state-run RIA-Novosti news agency: ‘We have not launched as many Kinzhals as they allegedly shoot down every time with their statements.’ If Ukraine’s claim of having shot down six fired Tuesday is confirmed, it would mark another blow to Putin’s war efforts and show the increasing effectiveness of the country’s air defences. The missiles are difficult to detect and intercept because of their hypersonic speed and manoeuvrability. It was not clear whether the ‘Western’ systems Kyiv said it used against Kinzhals on Tuesday were also Patriots. – On May 6, Ukraine said for the first time that it had shot down a Kinzhal, using a Patriot system. It has since fired Kinzhal missiles on several other occasions in Ukraine. – Russia’s defence ministry claimed to have fired a Kinzhal missile at a munitions dump in southwestern Ukraine on March 19, 2022, the first known use of the weapon in combat. – Russia sent fighter jets armed with Kinzhal missiles to Syria for the first time in 2021, military analysts say. Ukraine is suspected to have downed an ‘unstoppable’ Russian Kinzhal – or Dagger – hypersonic missile, pictured here with its carrier MiG-31 (Picture: MoD Russia/e2w) ‘In our advanced developments, we are definitely the leaders,’ he said. – Putin said in December 2021, two months before the invasion of Ukraine, that Russia was the global leader in hypersonic missiles and, by the time other countries caught up, was likely to have developed technology to counteract these new weapons. He has said these weapons could penetrate both existing and any future missile defence systems.

– The Kinzhal is one of six ‘next generation’ weapons unveiled by Putin in a speech in March 2018. It may reach speeds of up to Mach 10 (12,250 kph). – It has a reported range of 1,500 to 2,000 km (930 to 1,240 miles) while carrying a payload of 480 kg.

Ukraine said six of them were fired on Tuesday. – It is an air-launched ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear or conventional warheads. Russia began using the Kinzhal, which means ‘dagger’, to strike targets in Ukraine early in the invasion.īut it has used the expensive weapon sparingly and against priority targets, apparently reflecting limited availability.

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