Biden says Russia's Kinzhal missile is almost unstoppable

MiG-31 multirole fighter with Kinzhal hypersonic missileWASHINGTON, Mar 22US President Joe Biden commented on the first combat use of the Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missile, noting its invulnerability. «It has the same warhead as any other missile. There is not much difference, except that it is almost impossible to stop,» the American leader said at a meeting with business representatives. On the eve of the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov, said that the Kinzhal aviation missile systems with hypersonic aeroballistic missiles destroyed underground protected storage facilities for Ukrainian tactical missiles Tochka-U, which were located in a mountainous area in Ivano- Frankivsk region of Ukraine, as well as fuel depots in the Mykolaiv region. The Pentagon said they could neither confirm nor refute the claims of the Russian military about the use of the «Dagger». As suggested by a senior US military official, Moscow thus wants to send a signal to Ukraine and the West and get an additional argument in the negotiations on the settlement. on the impossibility of intercepting Kinzhal missiles The United States currently does not have hypersonic ammunition in service. Several test launches took place, which ended in failure. On February 21, Vladimir Putin, in response to requests from the Donbass republics and after an appeal from State Duma deputies, signed decrees recognizing the sovereignty of the LPR and DPR. On the morning of February 24, Russia launched a military special operation to demilitarize Ukraine. Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces only strike at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. Dagger»