![]() ![]() It is unclear whether the Patriot system intercepted all the missiles fired overnight but the purported success of Ukraine's military points to it having a reliable defense network that can withstand a barrage described by Serhiy Popko, the head of Kyiv's military administration, as "exceptional in its density." The Franco-Italian SAMP/T has also recently arrived. The German Iris-T arrived in October and has since shot down more than 60 targets. The Patriot is among advanced air defense systems NATO countries have given Kyiv. Ukraine said that earlier in May it had shot down a single Kinzhal missile over Kyiv for the first time, using an American-supplied Patriot air defense system. While this should not encourage the West to be more willing to risk nuclear escalation, "I also don't think a nuclear confrontation would be in the interest of Russia." ambassador may have been poisoned months before Ukraine war Russia says it shot down seven storm shadow missiles in a day.Ukraine shoots down six hypersonic missiles fired by Russia-Kyiv.Ukraine making "tactical progress" in Bakhmut as Russia pushed back-U.K."I think this will cause Russian decision makers to ask some difficult questions and they may feel less secure about the survivability and the deliverability of their nuclear arsenal," he said. President Vladimir Putin has hinted at nuclear escalation and mixed messaging from Moscow, which has denied such weapons would be used, keeps world leaders guessing.įabian Hoffman, doctoral research fellow at the University of Oslo, told Newsweek that Kyiv's ability to intercept missiles in such an intense, time-coordinated, multi-vector attack indicates "that even if you arm these delivery vehicles with tactical nuclear warheads, there is a decent chance that they will not land at their target." Since the start of the war, Russian state television has frequently invoked Russia's nuclear capabilities. Kyiv's purported success in intercepting the Russian missiles means the possibility of a successful nuclear attack by Russia "should be seen as significantly lower compared to what we believed," added Sumlenny. ![]() "In the West, the fear of possible nuclear escalation is still very high," said Sumlenny, "but we need to seriously rebalance our weighting of all the risks." "We know now that the Ukrainians, with the help of Western equipment, are capable of fighting back the most severe Russian attack with the most modern Russian weapon the Russians have ever used against Ukraine." "Normally an air defense should be oversaturated during these attacks." "This has devastating consequences for the credibility of the Russian army and of Russian technology," he told Newsweek. "This is not the first Russian weapon which has been called unstoppable by the Russians and it has been revealed as pretty much stoppable," said Sergej Sumlenny, founder of the European Resilience Initiative Center, a German think tank. Ukraine said it shot down six Kinzhal missiles fired by Russia on May 16, 2023. Remains of Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile at an exhibition showing remains of missiles and drones that Russia used to attack Kyiv on in Kyiv, Ukraine. ![]()
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