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Kyiv says downed six hypersonic missiles in overnight attack

Conflicts 2023-05-17, 10:48am

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Ukraine anti-missile batteries down a Russian hypersonic missile. AFP



KYIV, Ukraine, May 16 - Ukraine said Tuesday it had downed six advanced Russian hypersonic missiles during a fresh overnight barrage of missiles and drones.

"Another unbelievable success for the Ukrainian Air Forces! Last night, our sky defenders shot down SIX russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles and 12 other missiles," defence minister Oleksiy Reznikov said in an English-language statement on Twitter. The statement came just over a week after Ukraine said it had downed its first Kinzhal hypersonic missile. - AFP