Russia fired hypersonic Kinzhal missiles in latest attack on Ukraine
- Russia says mass missile strikes were ‘retaliation’ for attack it blamed on Ukraine
- Ukraine said Thursday’s Russian barrage included six hypersonic Kinzhal missiles
Ukraine said six of them were fired on Thursday, which could be the largest number of Kinzhals Russia has used in a single air strike to date.
“In response to the March 2 terrorist actions organised by the Kyiv regime in the Bryansk region, Russia’s Armed Forces dealt a massive retaliatory strike,” Russia’s Defence Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
“High-precision long-range air, sea and land-based weapons, including the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system, hit key elements of Ukraine’s military infrastructure, enterprises of the military-industrial complex as well as energy facilities that support them,” the ministry said.
“All assigned targets were hit,” it added.
Ukraine said it shot down 34 of the 81 missiles fired, a lower than usual proportion because the barrage included three classes of weapon against which it has no defence.