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Ukrainian sources reported that Russian forces launched 6 Kh-47 #Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missiles from 6 MiG-31K aircraft at Kyiv, as well as 9 Kalibr cruise missiles and 10 land-based S-400 and Iskander-M missiles at other rear areas of Ukraine Russia overnight May 15-16.
https://twitter.com/TheStudyofWar/status/1658611654689521666
2/ #Ukraine claims to have shot down all missiles, including all six Kinzhals (repeatedly touted by Russian forces as unstoppable) and nine total drones, including six Shahed-131/136s.
3/ It is unclear which systems Ukrainian forces used to shoot down the Kinzhals, but Ukrainian officials previously attributed the defeat of a #Kinzhal missile to US-provided #Patriot air defense system on May 4.
4/ Ukrainian Joint Forces Commander Lieutenant General Serhiy Nayev noted that the missile strike on #Kyiv is the eighth in the month of May alone.
5/ The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) notably claimed that one of the Kinzhals struck a #Patriot air defense system in #Kyiv.
6/ An unidentified US defense official told @CNN that the #Patriot system has likely suffered damage but has not been destroyed and that the US is still assessing the extent of the damage. isw.pub/UkrWar051623
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