Biden confirms Putin used hypersonic missile 'to get through' Ukraine's defenses and warns of major cyberattacks on US
PRESIDENT Joe Biden confirmed Russia launched a “hypersonlic missile” at Ukraine.
Biden said this was done in part due to the strength of Ukrainian defenses.
The missile is a consequential weapon, Biden said, but with the same warhead on it as any other launched missile.
It doesn't make that much difference except it's almost impossible to stop it.
The ballistics travel up to 12 times the speed of sound and have a range of almost 2,000 miles.
"They're wreaking havoc on the Russian military, whether it's their tanks or their helicopters or their aircraft," Biden said, according to the Daily Mail.
Biden said Putin's back is "against the wall" as he wasn't anticipating the extent or strength of the nation's unity.
An enormous explosion annihilated the Retroville mall in the northwest of the Ukrainian capital and was so powerful it pulverized vehicles in the car park recently.
The video was reportedly released by the Russian military itself to show Ukrainian forces were using the mall to station their own missiles thus justifying the brutal attack.
Police said at least eight people were killed.
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Strikes were reportedly carried out using long-range precision weapons March 19 in the evening and early March 20.
The missiles were launched from ships in the Black Sea off the coast of Crimea at Ukrainian military infrastructure, according to Russia's Defense Ministry.
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Biden also accused Putin of setting up "false flag" operations by asserting that the US had "biological as well as chemical weapons in Europe," the Daily Mail reported.
Further missiles, including the hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, were also launched from Crimea to destroy a fuel storage facility used by Ukraine.
"Kinzhal," Russian for dagger, is an apt name for these missiles, which can decimate warships and carriers.
LiveScience reported that the missiles reach up to 3,000 miles per hour which makes them nearly impossible to detect and neutralize from a defensive position.
The Kinzhal missile can be loaded with up to 1,000 pounds of explosives, or even a nuclear warhead.
The United States doesn't currently have hypersonic missiles at its disposal.
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