US EditionRussia's Upgraded Ballistic Missiles Harder to Intercept by Patriots, Air Force Says
- On May 24, Ukrainian Air Force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat reported that Russia launched nine ballistic missiles and 250 drones in a massive attack on Kyiv.
- This attack occurred shortly after Ukraine and Russia conducted their biggest prisoner swap of the conflict to date, involving an exchange of 1,000 detainees each and facilitated by Turkey.
- Russia has enhanced its ballistic missiles, including the Iskander-M and KN-23 models, by incorporating radar deception techniques and employing quasi-ballistic trajectories to make interception by Patriot defense systems more challenging.
- Ukrainian air defenses intercepted six of nine missiles and destroyed 245 of 250 drones, but the attack caused multiple fires, damaged nine residential buildings, schools, and injured around a dozen civilians.
- Ihnat stated that despite the upgrades making interception harder, it remains possible, and efforts continue to improve defensive systems against Russia's enhanced missile threat.
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Russia's upgraded ballistic missiles harder to intercept by Patriots, Air Force says
Russia has upgraded its ballistic missiles with radar decoys and evasive maneuvers, making them potentially harder to intercept even by Patriot air defenses, Ukraine's Air Force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat said on May 24 after a massive attack on Kyiv that injured around a dozen civilians.Ihnat confirmed that six out of nine ballistic missiles launched at Kyiv, Iskander-M and KN-23, were successfully intercepted by Ukrainian air defenses. "Two-thir…
Patriot air defense cannot cope with Russian ballistics — Ignat: EADaily
EADaily, May 24th, 2025. Russia has improved the characteristics of its ballistic missiles, so Patriot air defense systems shoot them down worse. This was stated on the air of the telethon by the head of the Communications Department of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuri Ignat.
Russia Has Improved Iskander's Ballistic Missiles, Warning Ukraine. This Is the Danger to Patriot Systems.
Iuri Ignat, head of the Department of Communications of the Ukrainian Air Force Command, announced on Ukrainian public television that Russia modernized Iskander-M missiles.
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