Russia Targets Kyiv With 'Exceptional' Missile Blitz
May 16, 2023
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as posted by the channelUkraine said its air defense systems destroyed a Russian missile blitz overnight that included six Kinzhal hypersonic weapons targeted at the capital Kyiv.
“It was exceptional in its intensity — the maximum quantity of missiles in the shortest period of time,” Kyiv city military administration chief Serhiy Popko said Tuesday on Telegram. “The enemy launched a complex attack from several directions simultaneously.”
In all, 18 missiles including nine Kalibr cruise missiles and three ground-launched weapons were destroyed, Ukrainian army Commander-in-Chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi said on Telegram.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has touted the Kinzhal missile as part of a new generation of strategic hypersonic weapons that he unveiled in 2018, claiming they were able to overcome any air defenses. Ukraine said earlier this month that it shot down a Kinzhal for the first time using a Patriot air-defense system, a claim later backed by the US.
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