Kiev says it foiled ‘extraordinary’ barrage of Russian missiles

Ukraine said it repelled an unprecedented barrage of Russian missiles on Kiev early Tuesday, contradicting Moscow’s claims that it had succeeded in taking out the US-made Patriot system.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Valery Zaluzny, said that all 18 projectiles, including six hypersonic Kinzal and nine Kalibr cruise missiles, were shot down overnight. The latest airstrikes, which come more than a year into Russia’s faltering full-scale invasion, saw at least a dozen loud explosions rock Kiev around 3 p.m.

“It was extraordinary in its density – the maximum number of attack missiles in the shortest possible time,” said Serhiy Popko, head of Kiev’s city military administration.

Russia’s Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov claimed on Tuesday that one of the Kinjals had managed to take out a Patriot missile battery in Kiev, suggesting that its attack was intended to overwhelm and take down Ukraine’s recently acquired Western defense systems. was done for the purpose of Russia also said it shot down seven long-range Storm Shadow missiles supplied by Britain, without providing any further evidence.

Yuriy Saak, an adviser to Ukraine’s defense minister, said Russia’s claims were “pure propaganda and pure lies”.

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Earlier this month, Kiev said one of two recently delivered US Patriot air defense units had downed a Russian Kinzhal ballistic missile for the first time, which Ukraine had not previously possessed.

The attacks came hours after Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky completed a three-day tour of Europe, where he met senior officials in the UK, Germany, France and Italy, who discussed additional measures, including air defense systems, ahead of a widely expected retaliatory strike. Promised to give western weapons. Unpleasant

“The main result of these days is new weapons for Ukraine,” Zelensky said in a video address late Monday. He said, ‘Our victory is near.’

Ukraine’s armed forces have not yet launched an operation aimed at liberating eastern and southern regions where Russia occupies about a fifth of the state’s territory. Zelensky’s pleas for additional air defenses, as well as for Western fighters not yet supplied with the material, are intended to provide better cover for ground troops.

Since late last year the country’s capabilities have been augmented by NATO-grade systems provided by Western backers, including two long-range Patriots and the medium-range NASM and Iris-T from Germany.

Separately, Russian media said on Tuesday that five border guards were wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack on a border control center in the Kursk region on Monday evening. All five were hospitalized in stable condition with shrapnel wounds, according to Baja and Mash, channels linked to Russian security services on the social media app Telegram.

Ukraine said it repelled an unprecedented barrage of Russian missiles on Kiev early Tuesday, contradicting Moscow’s claims that it had succeeded in taking out the US-made Patriot system.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Valery Zaluzny, said that all 18 projectiles, including six hypersonic Kinzal and nine Kalibr cruise missiles, were shot down overnight. The latest airstrikes, which come more than a year into Russia’s faltering full-scale invasion, saw at least a dozen loud explosions rock Kiev around 3 p.m.

“It was extraordinary in its density – the maximum number of attack missiles in the shortest possible time,” said Serhiy Popko, head of Kiev’s city military administration.

Russia’s Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov claimed on Tuesday that one of the Kinjals had managed to take out a Patriot missile battery in Kiev, suggesting that its attack was intended to overwhelm and take down Ukraine’s recently acquired Western defense systems. was done for the purpose of Russia also said it shot down seven long-range Storm Shadow missiles supplied by Britain, without providing any further evidence.

Yuriy Saak, an adviser to Ukraine’s defense minister, said Russia’s claims were “pure propaganda and pure lies”.

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Earlier this month, Kiev said one of two recently delivered US Patriot air defense units had downed a Russian Kinzhal ballistic missile for the first time, which Ukraine had not previously possessed.

The attacks came hours after Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky completed a three-day tour of Europe, where he met senior officials in the UK, Germany, France and Italy, who discussed additional measures, including air defense systems, ahead of a widely expected retaliatory strike. Promised to give western weapons. Unpleasant

“The main result of these days is new weapons for Ukraine,” Zelensky said in a video address late Monday. He said, ‘Our victory is near.’

Ukraine’s armed forces have not yet launched an operation aimed at liberating eastern and southern regions where Russia occupies about a fifth of the state’s territory. Zelensky’s pleas for additional air defenses, as well as for Western fighters not yet supplied with the material, are intended to provide better cover for ground troops.

Since late last year the country’s capabilities have been augmented by NATO-grade systems provided by Western backers, including two long-range Patriots and the medium-range NASM and Iris-T from Germany.

Separately, Russian media said on Tuesday that five border guards were wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack on a border control center in the Kursk region on Monday evening. All five were hospitalized in stable condition with shrapnel wounds, according to Baja and Mash, channels linked to Russian security services on the social media app Telegram.