Russia has used about 10 to 12 hypersonic weapons during the war in Ukraine, a senior US defense official said Tuesday.
Report informs, citing CNN, that cautioning that the US does not have a "perfect count," the official said the number of hypersonic weapons Russia has used is "probably between 10 and 12 I think would be about right."
Though the official did not specify the dates and locations of the launches, US officials observed the first known combat use of the Russian air-launched Kinzhal hypersonic missile against a building in western Ukraine.
The official would not corroborate Ukraine's claim that Russia had fired Kinzhal missiles at Odesa over the weekend.
The US has seen no indications that Russia used hypersonic weapons in these strikes, the US official said.
"Obviously, we've seen them use hypersonics in the past and hitting buildings, but I don't have anything to indicate that they were used in Odesa," said the official.