Ukraine ‘downs Russian hypersonic missile with US Patriot’

Ukraine ‘downs Russian hypersonic missile with US Patriot’
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Ukraine’s air force claims to have downed a Russian hypersonic missile over Kyiv using Patriot defence systems recently acquired from allies.

It is the first known time the country has been able to intercept one of Moscow’s most modern missiles.

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