The Air Force: Russia used two “Kindzhal” hypersonic missiles against targets in Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia
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- Anhelina Sheremet
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During a massive missile attack on January 26, Russia hit objects in Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia with hypersonic Kindzhals.
The spokesman of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yurii Ignat stated this on the air of the telethon.
"They donʼt have enough of these missiles, they save them for hitting strategic targets. This time, the strategic goal is one of the objects in Zaporizhzhia and one of the objects of Kyivʼs energy infrastructure," Ignat noted.
In total, Russia launched two such missiles. The Ukrainian army cannot shoot them down, because the Kinjal missiles fly at hypersonic speed and also along a ballistic trajectory.
- On the night of January 26, Russia attacked Ukraine with Iranian drones. This morning there was the 13th missile attack and the 15th drone attack on the energy system of Ukraine. There is a hit to an energy facility in Kyiv region. Two energy infrastructure objects have been hit in Odesa region, in the area there is a problem with light. The anti-aircraft defense shot down 47 out of 55 missiles. As a result of drone and missile attacks, 11 people were killed.