“All the flight crews of the regiment have mastered the program for the combat use of the new aviation missile system,” he said in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.

Kobylash said that the "Dagger" was repeatedly used during a special operation to destroy ground targets.

According to him, the "Dagger" showed high combat effectiveness and confirmed all the tactical and technical characteristics laid down in it.

Earlier, the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, First Deputy Defense Minister Valery Gerasimov expressed confidence that the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system during a special military operation showed high efficiency and invulnerability to air defense systems deployed in Ukraine.