Russia's defence ministry has claimed that it had destroyed a US-built Patriot surface-to-air missile defence system with a hypersonic Kinzhal missile in an overnight strike on Ukraine, the Zvezda military news outlet reported.

It quoted the ministry as saying the overnight strikes had also been aimed at Ukrainian fighting units and ammunition storage sites.

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