Inside the War
Russia launches two Kinzhal missiles, explosions reported in Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Russian war5 July 2025, 06:24 PM
At 5:36 p.m. on July 5, air raid alerts were issued across
Ukraine after a MiG-31K jet — the carrier of Kinzhal hypersonic missiles — took
off. Ukraine’s Air Force reported a
missile heading toward Starokostiantyniv.
At 5:53 p.m., more explosions were reported in Khmelnytskyi
Oblast, according to public broadcaster Suspilne.
The Air Force later reported
detecting another high-speed target and clarified that a second missile was
also headed toward Starokostiantyniv.
The monitoring group Mykolaivsky Vanek also reported that Russia had launched
Kinzhal missiles in the attack.
In the early hours of July 5, Ukraine’s Defense Forces shot
down 42 Shahed drones over Khmelnytskyi Oblast. In total, Russia launched 322
drones at Ukraine that night, with air defenses intercepting 292 of them. The
primary target of the overnight drone strike was the city of Starokostiantyniv
in Khmelnytskyi Oblast.