The airspace has been closed in the area of the launch lines for MiG-31Ks. There is a possibility of Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missile launches tonight.

The 5 Tu-95MS from Olenya Aibrase are flying over Vologda. They are expected to reach the launch lines in Engels District, Saratov Oblast, in around 1 hr 30 mins.

I will be offline for around an hour, but will be back afterwards with more coverage.

Nevermind, I will not be leaving. A MiG-31K is airborne from Savasleika Airbase.

Launch maneuver

2 Kinzhals on Chernihiv Oblast

Flying to Dymer, Kyiv Oblast

Flying further to Zhytomyr

Over Zhytomyr Oblast, flying to Starokostyantyniv Airbase

1 minute away

The explosion heard in Kyiv was from the Kinzhal's sonic boom

20 km out

Explosions in Starokostyantyniv

There we have it

Ukrainian Air Force is playing catch-up

The 2 MiG-31Ks are returning to Savasleika Airbase, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.

The airspace around the launch lines will remain closed for another 2 hours until 4:30am. There is a high threat of repeated Kinzhal launches during that time.

The MiG-31Ks landed at Savasleika Airbase, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.

Iskander threat from Crimea

Iskander launch from Crimea

Probably flying north to Dnipro/Kryvyi Rih

This first launch was simulated with electronic warfare. Another launch was detected.