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A coordinated Russian strike tracked at least 15 to 16 missiles toward Kyiv within the first 20 minutes of the assault.
The salvo combined Iskander-M ballistic missiles, North Korean KN-23s, and five to eight Zircon hypersonic missiles, with launches reported from multiple Russian regions at once. The Zircon count is the number to hold.
Five to eight hypersonic missiles in a single wave tests the depth of air-defense capacity that Western-supplied Patriot batteries are built to absorb.
The attack reportedly exploits depleted Patriot interceptor stocks in Ukraine, shifting the tactical question from detection to magazine depth.
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