Emergency crews work on a building damaged by a Russian missile on the 2nd, Kiev, Ukraine/Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
2024.01.04 Thu posted at 18:43 JST
(CNN) As of the 4th, Ukrainian government officials said that on the morning of the 2nd, there was a large-scale attack by the Russian military on the Kyiv Oblast, where the capital is located, with missiles and drones, killing at least 5 people and leaving 112 people dead. announced that he was injured.
Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, General Zarzhny, reported that the country’s air force shot down all 10 hypersonic missiles launched by the Russian military, the Kinzhal. He said that they had intercepted the missiles by using Patriot surface-to-air missiles provided by the United States, and boasted that “shooting down (10 Kinjals) was a new record.”
CNN has not been able to independently verify the authenticity of the commander’s announcement. However, U.S. officials have said that Patriot has been successful in intercepting Kinjal.
Commander-in-Chief Zarzhini pointed out that if Kinjal hits its target, its destructive power will cause catastrophic damage. The missile can be launched from far away from the battlefield, has a flight speed of about 10 times the speed of sound, a warhead weighing about 500 kilograms, and a range of about 2,000 kilometers.
The commander-in-chief said there was no reason to think that the Russian military’s use of Kinzhal would stop after this time, adding that more air defense systems and other equipment would be needed.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pointed out that the Russian military has used around 170 Shahed drones and a large number of various missiles since the 31st of last month. He said on social media that most of the targets were civilian facilities.
Meanwhile, Governor Gladkov of Belgorod Oblast in southwestern Russia, which borders Ukraine, claimed on the 2nd that there had been another attack by Ukrainian forces on the oblast. Russia’s Ministry of Defense said 17 missiles were intercepted over the region and reported three separate attacks in the early afternoon.
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2024-01-04 09:43:00
