Ukraine allegedly shot down Russia’s ‘unstoppable’ hypersonic missile in what would be a major blow to Vladimir Putin.
The air-launched missile was aimed at Kyiv in the early hours of Thursday morning in response to a suspected drone attack on the Kremlin – but is believed to have been downed by Ukrainian forces.
Ukrainian military experts said the debris left at the site indicated that the missile that crashed was Russia’s prized Kh-47 Kinzhal – or Dagger – hypersonic missile.
The Kyiv armed forces may have used a US-supplied Patriot system to bring down the suspect Kinzhal, experts say.
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