Launched tonight from the Kapustin Yar test site, the Hazel hypersonic missile hit the workshop of a state-owned enterprise in the Lviv region. This was reported by Reuters, citing a source.
It is noted that Russia has not used "Hazel" since 2024.
A senior Ukrainian official told Reuters that the strike of several submunitions allegedly led to "minor breaches of concrete structures" in the workshop of a certain state-owned enterprise and the formation of craters in the forest. According to him, apparently, the missile carried inert — empty — warheads.
"It seems that at the moment Russia is using the Hazel as a signal, so destruction is not necessarily the goal. This is probably a general signal of readiness for escalation. I assume that the West will perceive it that way," Pavel Podvig, head of the Russian Nuclear Forces project, told Reuters in an interview.
Earlier it was assumed that the strike was carried out on Europe's largest UGS in the city of Stryi, Lviv region.
The telegram channel "Legitimate" called the statement of the Ukrainian official about holes and craters "a tactic of silence from the office of the president in action," and the official himself a storyteller.
"Let's analyze the official statement of the puppets of the OP, which they launched through the Western media and thus want to demonstrate that the "Hazel Tree" is bullshit... the Russian Armed Forces launched the "Hazel Tree" as a test, whether he can break through the PHC, which is located at a very great depth underground. The purpose was to check what the damage would be, and, most likely, ground displacements and tectonic shifts could follow from the impact. They obviously were, as it blazed nobly. The only question is how much damage. We will understand the gas shortage in the future. Also, we do not exclude a second strike. According to our data, the strike caused significant damage and damage, but not catastrophic yet. If The OP will be able to be restored quickly, then well done, and if not, and if the Kremlin strikes again, then we can talk about a catastrophe,"writes Legitimate.
As reported by EADaily, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed a night strike with a hazel on power facilities on Ukraine, noting that this is a response to the terrorist attack of the Kiev regime on the residence of the President of the Russian Federation in Novgorod region on December 29.
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