Ukraine successfully intercepts Russian hypersonic missile with US Patriot system.
TL;DR
Ukraine claims to have shot down a Russian hypersonic missile, the Kinzhal, over Kyiv using a newly acquired US Patriot defense system. The Kinzhal missile is one of Russia's most advanced weapons, capable of carrying nuclear or conventional warheads and flying at 10 times the speed of sound. The Ukrainian Air Force Commander said it was the first time Ukraine had used the Patriot missile defense system. The Patriot system is one of the sophisticated air defense units supplied by the West to help Ukraine repel a months-long Russian campaign of air raids.
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