{"id":6957,"date":"2023-05-16T15:38:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T14:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=6957"},"modified":"2023-05-16T15:57:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T14:57:36","slug":"ukraine-claims-to-struck-multiple-hypersonic-missiles-launched-by-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/analysis\/defense\/ukraine-claims-to-struck-multiple-hypersonic-missiles-launched-by-russia\/2023\/05\/16\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine claims to struck multiple hypersonic missiles launched by Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Kyiv (AP) – Ukrainian air defense thwarted heavy Russian airstrikes on Kyiv, shooting down all 18 hypersonic missiles aimed at the capital with the help of Western defensive weapons.<\/span>\u00a0
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\n<\/span>During<\/span> the<\/span> night’s<\/span> attack,<\/span> Russian<\/span> missiles<\/span> were<\/span> fired<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> air,<\/span> sea<\/span> and<\/span> land,<\/span> apparently<\/span> to<\/span> overwhelm<\/span> Ukraine’s<\/span> air<\/span> defence,<\/span> and<\/span> loud<\/span> explosions<\/span> rang<\/span> out<\/span> over<\/span> Kyiv.<\/span>\u00a0
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> barrage<\/span> comes<\/span> as<\/span> European<\/span> leaders<\/span> seek<\/span> new<\/span> ways<\/span> to<\/span> punish<\/span> Russia<\/span> in<\/span> war<\/span> and<\/span> a<\/span> Chinese<\/span> special<\/span> envoy<\/span> seeks<\/span> support<\/span> for<\/span> Beijing’s<\/span> peace<\/span> plan,<\/span> but<\/span> there has been no engagement so far.<\/span> It<\/span> doesn’t<\/span> seem<\/span> to<\/span> have<\/span> much<\/span> of<\/span> an<\/span> impact<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> faction.<\/span> So<\/span> did<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> President<\/span> Volodymyr<\/span> Zelensky<\/span> when<\/span> he<\/span> returned<\/span> home<\/span> from<\/span> a<\/span> tumultuous<\/span> tour<\/span> of<\/span> Europe<\/span> to<\/span> greet<\/span> Ukraine’s<\/span> main<\/span> wartime<\/span> allies,<\/span> prompting<\/span> a<\/span> new<\/span> phase<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> promised<\/span> military<\/span> aid.<\/span> The<\/span> night<\/span> raid<\/span> on<\/span> Kyiv<\/span>\u00a0“was<\/span> extraordinary<\/span> in<\/span> its<\/span> density<\/span> and<\/span> hit<\/span> the<\/span> maximum<\/span> number<\/span> of<\/span> missiles<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> shortest<\/span> possible<\/span> time,”<\/span> said<\/span> Kyiv<\/span>\u00a0junta<\/span> chief<\/span> Serhiy<\/span> Popko.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Valentina<\/span> Mironets,<\/span> 64,<\/span> from<\/span> Kyiv,<\/span> said<\/span> she<\/span> felt<\/span> “pain,<\/span> fear,<\/span> tension<\/span> and<\/span> anxiety”<\/span> during<\/span> the<\/span> attack.<\/span> “God,<\/span> we<\/span> are<\/span> waiting<\/span> for<\/span> victory<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> end<\/span> of<\/span> this<\/span> affair,”<\/span> she<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>British<\/span> Ambassador<\/span> Melinda<\/span> Simmons<\/span> tweeted<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> shooting<\/span> was<\/span> “extremely<\/span> violent”.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>It’s<\/span> the<\/span> eighth<\/span> time<\/span> Russian<\/span> airstrikes<\/span> have<\/span> targeted<\/span> the<\/span> capital<\/span> this<\/span> month,<\/span> clearly<\/span> escalating<\/span> after<\/span> weeks<\/span> of<\/span> calm<\/span> before<\/span> the<\/span> long-awaited<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> counterattack.<\/span> Air<\/span> Force<\/span> spokesman<\/span> Yury<\/span> Inat<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> statement<\/span> to<\/span> Telegram<\/span> that<\/span> six<\/span> “Kinzhar”<\/span> air-ballistic<\/span> missiles<\/span> were<\/span> launched<\/span> from<\/span> MiG-31K<\/span> aircraft,<\/span> nine<\/span> cruise<\/span> missiles<\/span> from<\/span> Black<\/span> Sea<\/span> ships<\/span> and<\/span> three<\/span> land-launched<\/span> S-<\/span> It<\/span> said<\/span> 400<\/span> cruise<\/span> missiles<\/span> were<\/span> aimed<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> capital.<\/span><\/p>\n

After<\/span> the<\/span> initial<\/span> strike,<\/span> Ifnat<\/span> said<\/span> Russia<\/span> launched<\/span> Iranian-made<\/span> Shahid<\/span> attack<\/span> drones<\/span> and<\/span> also<\/span> conducted<\/span> aerial<\/span> reconnaissance.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Debris<\/span> fell<\/span> on<\/span> several<\/span> districts<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> capital<\/span> and<\/span> sparked<\/span> fires,<\/span> but<\/span> no<\/span> casualties<\/span> were<\/span> reported,<\/span> said<\/span> Kiev<\/span> mayor<\/span> Vitali<\/span> Klitschko.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>As<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> military<\/span> continues<\/span> its<\/span> long-range<\/span> bombing<\/span> tactics,<\/span> Ukraine’s<\/span> western<\/span> allies’<\/span> advanced<\/span> air<\/span> defense<\/span> systems,<\/span> including<\/span> US-made<\/span> Patriot<\/span> missiles,<\/span> have<\/span> saved<\/span> Kiev<\/span> from<\/span> destruction<\/span> seen<\/span> elsewhere<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> country.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Russian<\/span> Defense<\/span> Ministry<\/span> spokesman<\/span> Igor<\/span> Konashenkov<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> system<\/span> was<\/span> destroyed<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> “Kinzhar”.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>He<\/span> provided<\/span> no<\/span> evidence<\/span> and<\/span> was<\/span> unable<\/span> to<\/span> independently<\/span> verify<\/span> his<\/span> statements.<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> Air<\/span> Force<\/span> spokesman<\/span> Ifnat<\/span> declined<\/span> to<\/span> comment<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> allegations.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Military<\/span> experts<\/span> say<\/span> the<\/span> enhanced<\/span> air<\/span> defenses<\/span> prevented<\/span> Russian<\/span> aircraft<\/span> from<\/span> penetrating<\/span> deep<\/span> into<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> and<\/span> helped<\/span> shape<\/span> the<\/span> course<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> war.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Late<\/span> Tuesday,<\/span> European<\/span> leaders<\/span> will<\/span> attend<\/span> a<\/span> rare<\/span> summit<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> 46-nation<\/span> Council<\/span> of<\/span> Europe,<\/span> the<\/span> continent’s<\/span> leading<\/span> human<\/span> rights<\/span> body.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> purpose<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> two-day<\/span> meeting<\/span> in<\/span> Iceland<\/span> is<\/span> to<\/span> establish<\/span> a<\/span> method<\/span> of<\/span> documenting<\/span> the<\/span> damage<\/span> caused<\/span> by<\/span> Kremlin<\/span> forces<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> so<\/span> that<\/span> damage<\/span> claims<\/span> can<\/span> be<\/span> filed<\/span> against<\/span> Moscow.<\/span> Meanwhile,<\/span> a<\/span> Chinese<\/span> special<\/span> envoy<\/span> is<\/span> preparing<\/span> to<\/span> visit<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> and<\/span> Russia<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> coming<\/span> days<\/span> as<\/span> Beijing<\/span> moves<\/span> forward<\/span> with<\/span> a<\/span> peace<\/span> plan<\/span> announced<\/span> in<\/span> February.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Former<\/span> Chinese<\/span> ambassador<\/span> to<\/span> Moscow<\/span> Li<\/span> Hui<\/span> will<\/span> also<\/span> visit<\/span> Poland,<\/span> France<\/span> and<\/span> Germany,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> China’s<\/span> foreign<\/span> ministry.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Ukraine<\/span> cautiously<\/span> welcomed<\/span> China’s<\/span> proposal,<\/span> but<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> would<\/span> wait<\/span> and<\/span> see<\/span> what<\/span> concrete<\/span> actions<\/span> China<\/span> would<\/span> take.<\/span> Chinese<\/span> leader<\/span> Xi<\/span> Jinping’s<\/span> government<\/span> is<\/span> neutral<\/span> and<\/span> wants<\/span> to<\/span> play<\/span> a<\/span> mediating<\/span> role<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> war,<\/span> but<\/span> it<\/span> is<\/span> giving<\/span> Russia<\/span> political<\/span> backing,<\/span> and<\/span> even<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 14<\/span> months<\/span> after<\/span> Russia’s<\/span> all-out<\/span> invasion,<\/span> a<\/span> breakthrough<\/span> is<\/span> unlikely.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>In<\/span> Russia-occupied<\/span> southern<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> about<\/span> 500<\/span> kilometers<\/span> from<\/span> Kyiv,<\/span> Russian<\/span> authorities<\/span> have<\/span> launched<\/span> drills<\/span> to<\/span> systematically<\/span> evacuate<\/span> 3,100<\/span> employees<\/span> and<\/span> their<\/span> families<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> Zaporizhia<\/span> nuclear<\/span> power<\/span> plant,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> state-owned<\/span> nuclear<\/span> power<\/span> plant<\/span> Energoatom.<\/span> representative<\/span> said.<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> Tuesday<\/span> company.<\/span> The<\/span> factory,<\/span> the<\/span> largest<\/span> in<\/span> Europe,<\/span> employed<\/span> about<\/span> 11,000<\/span> people<\/span> before<\/span> the<\/span> war,<\/span> of<\/span> whom<\/span> about<\/span> 6,000<\/span> remain<\/span> on<\/span> site<\/span> and<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> surrounding<\/span> town<\/span> of<\/span> Enerjodar.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Other<\/span> Russian<\/span> military<\/span> units<\/span> have<\/span> also<\/span> arrived<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> site<\/span> and<\/span> are<\/span> continuing<\/span> to<\/span> mine,<\/span> a<\/span> representative<\/span> told<\/span> The<\/span> Associated<\/span> Press,<\/span> requesting<\/span> anonymity<\/span> for<\/span> security<\/span> reasons.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> a<\/span> Telegram<\/span> post,<\/span> Energoatom<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> remaining<\/span> workers<\/span> were<\/span> barred<\/span> from<\/span> communicating<\/span> with<\/span> each<\/span> other<\/span> and<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> factory<\/span> to<\/span> reduce<\/span> the<\/span> risk<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> military<\/span> leaking<\/span> information<\/span> about<\/span> Russian<\/span> positions<\/span> and<\/span> military<\/span> equipment<\/span> inside<\/span> the<\/span> factory.<\/span>At<\/span> least<\/span> seven<\/span> civilians<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> killed<\/span> and<\/span> 14<\/span> others<\/span> killed<\/span> in<\/span> Russian<\/span> artillery<\/span> shelling<\/span> into<\/span> areas<\/span> of<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> from<\/span> Monday<\/span> to<\/span> Tuesday<\/span> morning,<\/span> the<\/span> country’s<\/span> president’s<\/span> office<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\u00a0Kyiv (AP) – Ukrainian air defense thwarted heavy Russian airstrikes on Kyiv, shooting down all 18 hypersonic missiles aimed at the capital with the help of Western defensive weapons.\u00a0 During the night’s attack, Russian missiles were fired from the air, sea and land, apparently to overwhelm Ukraine’s air defence, and loud explosions rang out over […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[2482,26,276,2480],"tags":[4388,4389,4394,4395,4426,1314,4724,1324,4726,1374,4985,1376,4986,1378,4987,1760,1764,1765,3900,4385,4387],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/hypersonic.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6957"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6959,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6957\/revisions\/6959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}