Ukraine Claims Successful Interception of All Russian Kinzhal Missiles Using Patriot Missiles

Ukraine said that US-supplied Patriot surface-to-air missile systems downed all 10 Kinzhal ballistic missiles Russia fired at the country in its large-scale attack Tuesday. Kyiv earlier said Russia fired 99 missiles of different types on Ukraine — aimed at the capital Kyiv and northeastern Kharkiv — and that its air force shot down 72 of them. The attack prompted Ukraine to urge its Western allies to accelerate weapons deliveries. “Today, the Ukrainian air force downed 10 out of 10 Russian ‘Kinzhal’… aeroballistic missiles with the help of the Patriot AD system,” the Ukrainian army’s commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny said on social media. Russia’s missile attack on Ukraine Tuesday killed at least five people and wounded dozens in Kyiv and Kharkiv. The attack came the day after Russian leader Vladimir Putin vowed to intensify strikes on Ukraine amid a sharp escalation from both sides in recent days.