”Russia already has an aggressive anti-satellite capability. It has conducted at least one confirmed test of an anti-satellite weapon based in space. In one incident, a mini-satellite was launched from its “mother ship” armed with a projectile that was then test-fired.”

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-putins-nuclear-arms-race-may-make-space-the-new-battlefield-hfnkpw73h