Russia boasted this Saturday that he had used Kinzhal hypersonic missiles to destroy a great weapons depot in the western Ukrainian region of Ivano-Frankivsk.
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Ukraine, at war: latest news of the conflict with Russia today March 19
The Russian Interfax news agency said it was the first time what Russia had deployed the sistema hipersonico Kinzhal since he sent his soldiers to Ukraine on February 24.
Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said the underground depot hit by the Kinzhal system on Friday housed missiles and aircraft ammunition, according to a recording of the briefing shared by Russian news agencies.
Russia prides itself on its advanced weaponry, and President Vladimir Putin said in December that his country was the leader in hypersonic missiles, whose speed, maneuverability and altitude make them difficult to track and intercept.
Konashenkov added that the Russian military had also destroyed military radio and reconnaissance centers near the port city of Odessa using the Bastion coastal missile system.
Moscow refers to its actions in Ukraine as a “special operation” to weaken military capabilities and “denazify” its neighbor to the south.
Vladimir Putin is healthy, sane and “in better shape than ever,” said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of the Russian leader, in an interview with the Japanese television channel TBS.
He and I have not only met as heads of state, but we have a friendly relationship,” Lukashenko said in a recording of the interview shared by state news agency BelTA.
I am absolutely aware of all his details, to the extent possible, both state and personal,” he added.
Military offensive hits food again
The Russia-Ukraine conflict is already generating volatility in the markets, mainly for food, such as corn and wheat, in addition to fertilizers, of which Mexico is a major importer from Russia.
The Russian naval blockade of the Black Sea coast has made it impossible for products to leave Ukraine, considered the “granary of Europe”.
Although the product exists, there is no way to get out and, to remedy the problem, Ukraine sends out its grains by rail, to Romania and Bulgaria. However, the measures have been insufficient, said Juan Carlos Anaya, director of the Agricultural Markets Consulting Group (GCMA).
Russian flags, anti-Nazi slogans, patriotic songs and a technical failure that made President Vladimir Putin disappear from the screens in the middle of his speech, is how Russia celebrated the eighth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea, in a massive event in which the president defended his military intervention.
The main goal of the military operation in Donbas and Ukraine has been to liberate the population from genocide,” Putin said before more than 95,000 supporters.
“For a world without Nazism”, “For Russia”, proclaimed the banners displayed at the Loujniki stadium in Moscow.
Russia justifies its current military operation in Ukraine on the need to “denazify” the country, which it accuses of perpetrating genocide against the Russophone population.
The “Z” adorned the chest of those who participated in the act, converted into a patriotic symbol for appearing on Russian tanks deployed in combat zones.
President Zelensky urges dialogue
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky called for meaningful peace talks with Moscow on Saturday, saying otherwise Russia would need generations to recover from wartime losses.
Zelensky maintained that Ukraine has always offered solutions to achieve peace and that he wanted serious and honest negotiations on peace and security without delay.
I want everyone to listen to me now, especially in Moscow. The time has come for a meeting, it’s time to talk,” Trump said in a video address posted early Saturday.
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