Kinzhal ballistic missiles

12 missiles and 138 drones strike Ukraine overnight - Air Force

Russia fired Kinzhal, Iskander and waves of Shahed drones overnight — Ukraine’s air defenses shoot down one Kinzhal and 115 of 138 drones, AFU Air Force reported on Nov. 3.

3 November 2025, 10:56 AM

497 aerial weapons rain down on Ukraine, 420 eliminated — Air Force

Russian forces launched a massive combined strike against Ukraine, using a total of 497 aerial weapons, air defense managed to neutralize 420 of them, Air Force reported on Oct. 10.

10 October 2025, 11:18 AM

Russian MiG-31 crashes during training flight

A MiG‐31 aircraft capable of carrying Kh-47M2 Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missiles crashed in Russia’s Lipetsk Oblast, state propaganda agency TASS reported on Oct. 9.

10 October 2025, 12:19 AM

100k foreign parts traced in Russia’s deadly attack on Oct. 5 - Zelenskyy

Russia used 549 missiles and drones containing 102,785 foreign-made components in its mass overnight attack on Oct. 5, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Oct. 6.

6 October 2025, 02:13 PM

Ukraine fends off wave of 300+ Russian drones and missiles

Russian forces launched 324 drones of various types and fired seven missiles, including three Kinzhal ballistic missiles, at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force reported on Telegram on July 28.

28 July 2025, 10:14 AM

Russia launches two Kinzhal missiles, explosions reported in Khmelnytskyi Oblast

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.

5 July 2025, 06:24 PM

Why each MiG-31K loss cripples Russia — Defense Express

Russia, the aggressor state, is unable to manufacture new MiG-31K fighter jets, which serve as carriers for the Kinzhal aeroballistic missile - every loss is critical, Ukrainian military analysis outlet Defense Express (DE) wrote on June 9.

9 June 2025, 03:09 PM

Air Force says nearly 100 Russian ballistic missiles downed since start of full-scale war

Ukraine’s Air Force has downed nearly 100 Russian Iskander ballistic missiles and around 40 Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missiles since the start of the full-scale war, Air Force Command spokesperson Yurii Ihnat said on April 10.

10 April 2025, 05:15 PM

Ukraine’s Air Force reveals footage of air defense success during Russian missile strike

The Ukrainian Air Force released a video showing air defense operations during Russia's massive missile and drone attack on Dec. 13.

13 December 2024, 04:36 PM

Russian missile strike damages Ternopil facility, disrupts heating in Ivano-Frankivsk

A critical infrastructure facility in Ternopil Oblast was damaged in a Russian missile attack, Stepan Kuybida, first deputy head of the regional military administration, said in a comment to Suspilne on Dec. 13.

13 December 2024, 04:15 PM

Russia strikes Kyiv with Kinzhal missiles for the first time since August

Ukraine issued a large-scale air raid alert after Russian MiG-31K fighters launched Kinzhal missiles over Kyiv and the Starokostyantyniv air base in Khmelnytskyi Oblast on the morning of Oct. 7.

7 October 2024, 11:22 AM

Patriot air defense thwarts every Kinzhal missile aimed at Kyiv since May

Since the deployment of the American Patriot air defense system, all Russian Kinzhal ballistic missiles aimed at Kyiv have been successfully intercepted, Colonel Serhiy Yaremenko, commander of the 96th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force, said in a July 4 interview with Ukrinform.

4 July 2024, 03:28 PM

UA shoots down 37 of 50 drones as Russia targets energy systems in 4 oblasts in latest mass attack

Russia launched the latest of its mass missile and drone terror attacks on Ukraine overnight on April 11, with Ukraine managing to neutralize 37 of 40 Shahed-136/131 attack drones, the Ukrainian military’s General Staff reported.

11 April 2024, 09:22 AM

Russia hits Lviv Oblast with hypersonic Kinzhal missiles – less than 150 km from NATO territory

Russia launched another overnight missile strike on Lviv Oblast as part of its mass assault across Ukraine, said Lviv Regional Military Administration head, Maxym Kozytsky.

11 April 2024, 09:08 AM

Explosion reported in Odesa after Russia continues to pummel the city with rockets

An explosion was heard in Odesa as the city was under air raid alert on March 28 due to another Russian rocket threat, local Telegram channels reported.

28 March 2024, 11:15 AM

Kinzhal ballistic missiles