Ukraine updates: Kyiv 'shot down' Russian hypersonic missile

said it has shot down a Russian hypersonic missile over Kyiv using newly acquired US Patriot defense systems.

Ukrainian Air Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk announced the operation on Telegram on Saturday. He said that a Kinzhal-type ballistic missile was intercepted in an overnight attack on May 4.

“I congratulate the Ukrainian people on the historic event. Yes, we shot down the ‘unique’ Kinzhal,” Oleshchuk wrote.

The uncofirmed claim would mark the first known case of