Ukrainian Air Force officials on Saturday said they utilized a US-built Patriot defense system to take down a Russian “Kinzhal” hypersonic missile two days earlier, a successful field test on the first time Kyiv’s forces even used the advanced platform, the New York Times reports.
“I congratulate the Ukrainian people on a historic event,” Ukrainian Air Force Lt General Mykola Oleshchuk wrote in a statement on Telegram. “Yes, we have shot down the ‘unparalleled’ ‘Kinzhal.'”