Kyiv says it shoots down volley of Russian hypersonic missiles
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> But the commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi said all had been successfully intercepted.
One of them must be lying. My prejudiced "gut feeling" says it's Russia's defence ministry lying. But how can we - a common western european - know or find out who lied in two such obviously contradicting statements during a war? Both will benefit from their lie.
If the battery is still there, it can do its job for the Ukrainians. If it's not, the situation is more favourable for the Russians. Both cases are equivalent for us, as far as I can see. We should send the Ukrainians more stuff in both cases; the telemetry from the incident will help develop better anti-missile protection in both cases; …