Patriots promise Ukraine its first defence against ultra-fast Russian missiles

AT ABOUT 15:30M on January 14th, as millions of Ukrainians were relaxing at home after Saturday lunch, a Tupolev Tu-223 warplane hovering over Russia’s Kursk region fired a Kh-22 missile, equipped with a 950kg warhead, towards Ukraine. Half an hour later the missile, designed to destroy aircraft carriers, struck an apartment block in Dnipro, a city in central Ukraine. The attack killed at least 46 people, burying them and some survivors under nine floors of rubble.