Subtype · Missiles
Hypersonic missiles (Tsirkon)
The 3M22 Tsirkon missile, classed by HUR as ballistic: why hypersonic missiles behave exactly like ballistic ones on the UA Live Radar map.
What it is
A missile that flies many times faster than sound. The main example is the 3M22 Tsirkon, which HUR's catalogue plainly calls a ballistic missile. Among its components, HUR shows a protective fairing with attitude-control thrusters.
Russia also calls the Kinzhal hypersonic. But it is an air-launched ballistic missile dropped by a MiG-31K, so we list it under ballistic missiles. Most ballistic missiles exceed Mach 5, so the word “hypersonic” alone does not make a missile a separate class.
What it means for you
For anyone on the ground, a hypersonic missile is no different from a ballistic one: there is little time to react, and spotters do not report a heading. So the map treats it exactly like a ballistic missile: a marker with no arrow that closes quickly. The separate colour only shows that the message specifically named Tsirkon or a hypersonic threat.
If you hear of a Tsirkon threat, go to a shelter immediately.
What to do
- 1When you hear the “Air raid alert!” signal, go to the nearest shelter at once. Find out in advance where it is near your home and work.
- 2If you cannot reach a shelter, move to a room without windows and follow the “two walls” rule.
- 3Agree with your family on what to do and where to meet if the phone network or the power goes down.
A marker on our map may appear late or not at all. Go by the siren, not by the map.
State Emergency Service of Ukraine. What to do when the “Air raid alert!” signal sounds (in Ukrainian)checked 2 Oct 2026
How it looks on our map
Movement
No course
Marker lives
2–5 min
- The marker does not rotate: for this type the map shows no course.
- If there are no new reports about the target, the marker closes after 2–5 min.
Variants
Sources
- 1checked 2 Oct 2026
HUR (Defence Intelligence of Ukraine), War&Sanctions
3M22 “Tsirkon” ballistic missilechecked 2 Oct 2026