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Ukraine shoots down Russian hypersonic missile, source says

05 May 2023 14:05 (UTC +04:00)

Ukraine’s Armed Forces intercepted a Russian Kinzhal (Kh-47) hypersonic missile at around 02:40 a.m. on May 4 over Kyiv, APA reports citing Defense Blog.

Ukrainian Air Defense unit has detected, tracked and shot down hypersonic missiles in the final phases of flight.

The Defense Express article provides photos of wreckage that’s purported to be part of the KKinzhal air-launched hypersonic missile. Based on the photos, the wreckage without a warhead fell at a stadium in the Kyiv city limits. One of the photos shows a nosecone that is most similar to the one used in the Kh-47 Kinzhal missile with a complex shape of sharp diameter transitions.