Big blow to Russia: They destroyed the hypersonic missile

A critical development took place this week as the war between Russia and Ukraine continues…

Yesterday, the Ukrainian authorities announced that a hypersonic missile belonging to Russia was destroyed in the air. According to official records, for the first time since the beginning of the war, Ukraine managed to destroy a modern Russian missile.

Making a statement about the hypersonic missile moving 10 times faster than the speed of sound, the Ukrainian Air Force Command announced that the hypersonic missile belonging to the Russian army was destroyed last week.

In the statement made by kyiv, it was emphasized that the hypersonic missile was destroyed thanks to the recently supplied American-made Patriot air defense systems.

The missile, which has a range of 2,000 kilometers and is 10 times faster than the speed of sound, was described as “very difficult” to destroy due to these characteristics. Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk said in a statement on his Telegram account that Russia’s Kinzhal-type ballistic missile was shot down this week over the Ukrainian capital kyiv.

Oleshchuk said: “Yes, we destroyed Russia’s only Kinzhal missile. “This happened during the night attack on May 4, over the sky over the kyiv region,” he said.