Russia's missile strikes on Kyiv met with interception and destruction by Ukraine.

Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 18 attempted Russian strikes on Kyiv early Tuesday including six hypersonic missiles, military and city authorities said, largely foiling one of Moscow’s fiercest attacks so far. Falling missile debris injured at least three people in Kyiv and caused damage to the city’s zoo and other central neighborhoods. Ukrainian officials claimed a perfect interception rate, and credited Western-donated Patriot air defense systems with thwarting attacks by the most sophisticated Russian weapons. The drone attacks, in particular, seem be part of an ongoing effort by Moscow to test Ukraine’s newly supplied Western air defense systems, perhaps searching for vulnerabilities or aiming to deplete Kyiv’s missile stocks ahead of more intense ground fighting that is expected in the coming weeks.