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Loud explosions boomed over Kyiv as the nighttime attack.

May 16, 2023 Ukraine says it shot down hypersonic missiles amid an "exceptionally dense" barrage fired at Kyiv on Tuesday.

The Kinzhal is one of the latest and most advanced Russian weapons. May 16, 2023 Ukraine said on Tuesday it had shot down six Russian Kinzhal missiles in a single night, thwarting a weapon Moscow has touted as a next-generation hypersonic missile that was all but unstoppable.

Ukraine says shot down volley of Russian hypersonic.

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. But Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu dismissed Ukraine's claim that it shot down the six Kinzhal hypersonic missiles overnight, saying Moscow had not launched that. Ukrainian air defences, bolstered by sophisticated Western-supplied systems, thwarted an intense Russian air attack on Kyiv, shooting down all missiles aimed at the capital.

Ukraine says it shot down hypersonic missiles amid an "exceptionally dense" barrage fired at Kyiv on Tuesday.

. . Russia fired 30 cruise missiles at different parts of Ukraine early Thursday in the latest nighttime test of Ukrainian air defenses, which shot down 29 of them, officials said.

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Ukraines air defense shot down six of the most sophisticated conventional weapons in Russias arsenal, hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, according to Ukrainian and.

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. Ukraine said on Tuesday that it downed six Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles in a single night, in what would be a major setback for Moscow's efforts to develop an unstoppable next-generation.

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(Reuters Valentyn Ogirenko, file)The six Kinzhals were among 27 missiles Russia fired at.
Ukraine said they have shot down a Russian hypersonic missile for the first time using the US-donated Patriot air-defense system.
Kyiv said air defences intercepted six Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, which Russia has.

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KYIV - Ukraine said on Tuesday it had shot down six Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles in a single night, thwarting a super weapon Moscow had previously touted as all but unstoppable. May 16, 2023 Ukraine is claiming to have achieved a rare feat in warfare the shooting down of sophisticated Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles. .

Ukraine said on Tuesday it had shot down six Russian Kinzhal missiles in a single night, thwarting a weapon Moscow has touted as a next-generation hypersonic missile that was all but unstoppable. . . . Ukraine says it shot down hypersonic missiles amid an "exceptionally dense" barrage fired at Kyiv on Tuesday. The Russian air force fired six Kh-47M2 Kinzhals at targets in.

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. Russia says Kyiv claimed to have shot down three times as many missiles as Russia had fired.

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A journalist takes a picture of a Russian hypersonic missile warhead that was shot down in Kyiv on May 12.

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