Ukraine Says Patriot Interceptor Shot Down Kinzhal Missile

Mikoyan MiG-31K fighter carrying a kinzhal missile

A Kinzhal missile pictured aboard a Mikoyan MiG-31K fighter.

Credit: Piotr Butowski
The head of the Ukrainian Air Force says a Russian Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missile was shot down on the night of May 4 over the Kyiv region with a Patriot interceptor. The statement by Lt. Gen. Mykola Oleschuk in a social media post on May 6 contradicts an official denial on the previous day...

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