Ukraine's announcement that it shot down six Kinjal missiles launched by Russia may change the West's calculus about the nuclear threat posed by Moscow in the war it started. Moscow boasted that it has nuclear capability and moves at up to 10 times the speed of sound and cannot be stopped.
Kiev's ability to intercept missiles in such an intensive, time-coordinated, multivector attack suggests that there is a relatively high chance that they will not hit their targets, a Norwegian expert said. He added that this should not encourage the West to be more willing to risk nuclear escalation.