The annexation of Crimea has been used as testing ground for a “new, completely modern” weapon that Ukraine has boasted of constructing.
An explosion at a Russian S-400 missile complex close to the Tarkhankut peninsula settlement of Olenivka was captured on camera and provided by the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (GUR) last week.
Initial theories suggested that the army had deployed a Storm Shadow missile supplied by the British or French with precise accuracy to level the storehouse.
However, Oleksiy Danilov, the National Security and Defence Council‘s secretary, informed Ukrains Radio about the advanced missile.
A “super missile” from Ukraine hits a missile depot in the seized Crimea.
“The missile was brand new and very advanced,” he said, complimenting its perfect performance.
At the same time, Ukrainian TV highlighted that it is not clear if the missile is completely new or just changed from an existing one.
One idea is that the Neptune missile, which flew close to the ground and slower than the speed of sound, and sank the Moskva ship, may have been changed.
More information about this new and innovative missile has not been shared yet, but it seems to be made to attack targets on the ground.
In the past, Ukraine has hinted at the possibility of using new weapons to attack Crimea from a far distance.
Ukrainian intelligence says that all of Russia’s S-400 air defence system was destroyed.
The system can hit things in the air, on the ground, and in the ocean. It can hit things that are up to 250 miles away in the sky.
According to Ukrainian official Anton Gerashchenko, the explosion caused complete destruction to the installation, missiles, and the people on it.