Volodymyr Zelensky has compared reports of a new Russian laser weapon to desperate propaganda by Nazi Germany about 'wonder weapons' in World War II.
The announcement was made by Yury Borisov, the deputy prime minister, during a live broadcast on Channel One on Wednesday. According to Russian state-owned news agency TASS, Borisov said that a first prototype of a new generation of laser weapons, called"Zadira," is being used in Ukraine.
Little is known about the"Zadira." According to Borisov, it can destroy a target up to 3.1 miles away and"burn through a target by its thermal impact." "If Peresvet blinds, then the new generation of laser weapons lead to the physical destruction of the target—thermal destruction, they burn up," the deputy prime minister told Channel One.