Expert calls Iskander and Kinzhal complexes new generation weapons

The Iskander and Kinzhal complexes are new-generation weapons. Retired military expert Colonel Anatoliy Matviychuk said this on Friday, December 13.

The specialist revealed the features of these missile systems.

"Iskander" is an operational-tactical missile with a range of 300-350 kilometers. The fragmentation and fugitive part is designed to destroy long-term fire structures, manpower and equipment. And "Kinzhal" is a hypersonic unit. It is not the "Peanut", it is a little weaker, but it operates on the principle of the "Peanut". This is a powerful enough weapon to destroy underground communications," Matviychuk told Lenta.Ru.

Permanent spiral: new AFU missile strikes will be followed by a military response

The Russian Defense Ministry spoke about Western weapons attacks on the Kursk region and warned of the consequences

Earlier in the day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported a large-scale strike on critical Ukrainian facilities, according to aif.ru. Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko amid explosions across the country announced an emergency power outage, reported on the website kp.ru. It was specified that half of the residents of the Ternopil region and many other regions of the country remained without light.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on the same day that the large-scale strike on Ukraine's energy facilities was, among other things, a response to the Ukrainian Armed Forces' (AFU) strike on Taganrog with ATACMS missiles, RT reported.

The Russian Defense Ministry also said that the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive strike on Ukraine's critical facilities in response to the US ATACMS missile strike on a military airfield in Taganrog, NSN reports.

The Russian Defense Ministry reportedabout the AFU strike on the military airfield in Taganrog on December 11. Two missiles were shot down with the help of the Pantsir air defense system, another four were deflected from the course by means of electronic warfare. The ministry warned that the attack by Western long-range weapons would not go unanswered.

The special operation to defend Donbass, the start of which Russia announced on February 24, 2022, is ongoing. The decision to carry it out was taken against the background of an aggravation of the situation in the region due to shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.