#Kinzhal

Russia launched an intense overnight airstrike, firing waves of missiles, Shahed drones, and Kinzhal hypersonic weapons at cities across Ukraine, striking energy facilities and residential areas, injuring dozens of civilians—including children—and killing one person, triggering nationwide power outages.

Russia’s long-range strike arsenal—its Kalibrs, Iskanders, Kinzhals, and Zircons—has come to define the war it wages against Ukraine. But for the first time, leaked procurement records obtained and analyzed by the Ukrainian defense outlet Militarnyi shed light on what these weapons really cost—and how many are still being built.

“If swarms of Shaheds are heading toward France, Sweden, the Baltic States—what do we do?” As Russia’s drones batter Ukraine’s skies, experts warn that Europe’s air defenses may be unprepared for such mass drone and missile attacks.