Russia says it has launched missiles from cellular coastal protection methods that it claims have hit the "navy belongings of the Ukrainian Armed Forces."

It's presently unclear the place the footage launched by the Russian Ministry of Protection on March 23 was filmed, however the photographs seem to point out the Bastion cellular launch system pointing towards the sky whereas protected behind some low, coastal cliffs on what seems to be a sandy seaside.

Navy camouflage seems to cowl Russian gear, and seconds into the footage, a primary missile is fired.

The Okay-300P Bastion-P cellular coastal protection system is often armed with anti-ship missiles and was designed to take out maritime vessels. But it surely can be directed at different targets. The system, identified within the West as SSC-5, is provided with digital jammers and anti-aircraft defenses.

"The missile has a two-stage propulsion system. It makes use of solid-fuel ramjet for the sustained supersonic cruise. The booster is ejected by the airflow after it has burned out," Navy As we speak says on its web site whereas additionally mentioning that "this missile can carry nuclear or typical warheads."

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The location of a rocket explosion the place a shopping center was once on March 23, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. The rocket hit the shopping center on March 20, 2022. As Russia’s advance on Kyiv has largely stalled, the Ukrainian capital has continued to be hit by missiles and shellfire. Greater than three million folks have fled Ukraine since Russia launched its large-scale invasion of the nation on Feb. 24. Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Pictures

Russian President Vladimir Putin was quoted within the state-owned information outlet Russia As we speak, now RT, as saying in 2015 that the "Bastion' is a defensive advanced that protects the coast, protects the territory. It doesn't assault anybody, however it's an efficient, fashionable, high-precision weapon.

"Thus far, nobody has such a weapon. That is maybe essentially the most environment friendly onshore advanced on this planet as we speak."

Russia invaded and subsequently annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, and now it has staged part of its invasion of Ukraine from the peninsula, permitting it to orchestrate a three-pronged land offensive.

"Sooner or later, to be able to make it clear that Crimea is reliably protected, we transferred these Bastion coastal complexes there," Putin was quoted as saying in Russia As we speak in 2015.

Within the video launched this week, a missile goes straight up into the sky earlier than pivoting 90 levels because of a secondary blast mechanism positioned towards the tip of the nostril cone, then a bit of the missile detaches and the ordnance shoots off horizontally towards its goal.

Seconds later, the video exhibits a second missile being fired. A 3rd missile then shoots off identical to the primary two earlier than a fourth blasts off because the footage ends.

Troops have crossed the border from Russia from the east, with land forces additionally crossing over from Russian ally Belarus, whose firm Tekhnosoyuzproekt reportedly participated in creating the missile system with Russia, from the north.

Lastly, a land offensive got here from the south, which is the place Russian-controlled Crimea is positioned.

This story was offered to Newsweek by Zenger Information.