Putin's "high tech duel" hits an unexpected target

The embassies of Albania, Argentina, Palestine(!), North Macedonia, Portugal, and Montenegro, were damaged yesterday morning in Kyiv. The embassies were all in the same building, and apparently nobody was working there at the time. However, one person was killed and twelve wounded elsewhere in the raid, which came a day after Putin threatened a "high-tech duel" against Ukraine and its Western allies.

There were five missiles in the barrage, either Russian Iskanders or North Korean KN-23s. Supposedly all were shot down, but of course the debris must fall somewhere. The Iskander has a payload of 1,500 pounds and a range of up to 300 miles. The newer Korean missile is similar but smaller. Flying at hypersonic speed and reaching as high as 31 miles (nearly 164,000 feet), the Iskander is believed to be nuclear-capable. Russian sources claim that Ukraine doesn't have a missile defense able to shoot it down.