On Monday, an anti-aircraft alert was declared across the territory of Ukraine due to the possibility of a Russian attack with a supersonic Kinzhal missile, Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat explained, just hours after Russia carried out massive drone and missile strikes, especially in Kyiv region and Odesa region, EFE and Reuters report.

“The alarm was raised throughout Ukraine after the takeoff of a Russian MiG-31K aircraft, which is known to be carrying hypersonic Kinzhal missiles,” Ignat said, warning that the Ukrainian military does not have air defense capable of protecting the entire territory from such missiles. .

“We don’t have enough Patriot systems that could protect the entire Ukrainian airspace from this type of weapons,” Ignat said. He added that “The Dagger is an extremely fast and highly accurate aeroballistic missile.”

A Ukrainian military spokesman announced over the weekend that a Russian Kinjal missile was intercepted over Kyiv last week. To intercept it, Ukrainian forces would use one of the Patriot anti-missile systems received last month from their NATO partners.

Until now, Ukraine did not have air defense systems capable of intercepting such missiles.

Kinzhal (Kinzhal in Russian) are air-launched missiles with a range of more than 2,000 kilometers and a speed ten times the speed of sound.

This highly accurate hypersonic missile can carry both nuclear warheads and conventional payloads.

Ukrainian military expert Roman Svitan on Sunday proposed the idea that the Kinzhal missile intercepted by the Patriot system last week over Kyiv was intended to hit the dome of the Verkhovna Rada, the seat of the Ukrainian parliament, in response to an alleged drone attack. above the Kremlin, assigned by Moscow to Ukraine.

The Kinjal missile is part of modernized Russian technology, and Russian President Vladimir Putin says it is “invincible” and can penetrate US and NATO air defense systems. (Source: Agerpres)