A senior European diplomat, based in Kyiv, told Yahoo News that after the previous interception of a Russian Kinzhal missile, “Russia just had to try once more...This time with more missiles and in a more sophisticated manner. The result was the same.”
Explosion of a missile is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 16, 2023. Russia launched one of the largest bombardments of the Ukrainian capital early Tuesday morning, launching one of the most sustained volley of attacks on Kyiv since the start of the full-scale invasion last February.
The Kremlin has frequently touted the “un-interceptable” nature of the Kinzhal, a source of pride for the Russian military. The Kinzhal had indeed been used to significant effect in the first year of Russia’s full-scale war, hitting targets across the country. However, with the insertion of the Patriot air defense system, that’s now changed.
The Russian government confirmed that it had targeted the Ukrainian capital, and claimed that all the incoming munitions had successfully hit their targets, allegedly destroying an entire Patriot missile battery. The Kremlin’s bold declarations are often dubious: It hasto have destroyed more U.S.-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems than Ukraine has in its arsenal.
A citizen inspects the fragments of Russian missiles fell on the territory of the zoo in Kyiv, Ukraine on May 16, 2023. citing an unnamed U.S. official
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