Ukraine Claims It Downed More Kinzhals; Russia Says It Hit Patriot

Brian Everstine May 16, 2023

Patriot air defense system.

Credit: U.S. Army
Ukraine on May 16 again claimed it had downed a round of Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, as U.S. and Ukrainian officials are rebuffing a Russian claim that it had destroyed a Patriot air defense system. The Ukrainian Air Force in a statement said it downed six Kinzhal missiles, along with nine...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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