Ukraine Latest: Russia Says Ballistic Missiles Downed in Crimea

A Ukrainian serviceman patrols in Chasiv Yar near the frontline city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region on May 3.

Photographer: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images

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Ukraine’s air force commander said the military’s air defense intercepted a hypersonic Kh-47 “Kinzhal” missile, one of Russia’s most modern weapons, fired during a night attack on May 4, with the aid of a US Patriot defense system.

A prominent pro-war Russian writer was injured, and his driver killed, when their SUV was destroyed by a car bomb hundreds of miles east of Moscow, not long after leaving the occupied territories of Ukraine.