In a recent development, Russia has reportedly deployed its advanced Kinzhal hypersonic weapon, demonstrating its formidable combat capabilities as the special military operation in Ukraine continues, while the Ukrainian counteroffensive remains stalled.
he United States will continue to engage with Russia on operations in Syrian airspace, including in the context of the recent incidents with US drones, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said on Saturday.
the leaders of germany, france and italy. this follows a remarkable 24 hours that might have seen the downing of four russian aircraft in one single day. now, it happened inside russia, in russian territory, right here in the brie ons k region. this is ukraine, this is russia. the details are murky, but one russian media outlet said that there were four different aircraft involved, this is what we re looking at here, two russian jets, the su-34 and the su-35 and two russian military helicopters, the mi-8. with us now is cnn military analyst, retired army general james spider marks. general, thanks so much for being with us. we have video that might show one of these helicopters being shot down, it really is remarkable imagery. if, in fact, spider, four aircraft in one day in one region what would that tell you? how significant? well, it s very significant,
russians also have a big push on north of here. ukrainians telling us, they re saying the russians bring in new fighting vehicles, new supplies so that they see the russians are putting more into the fight, that they ve dug in their defensive. so when the order comes for this counteroffensive, the ukrainians know they re in for a very, very tough fight. but they had success just a few days ago, as you said, russian su-35, a russian su-34, both aircraft, fighter and high-speed aircraft and two russian mi-8 helicopters were shot down by their surface-to-air missile system just inside russia, so outside of ukraine. and this they re saying is a big plus for the ukrainian air defenses. but the reality is everything is all about the counteroffensive. and ukraine needs all of that equipment and more that it s waiting still on some accounts