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It's May 16, 2023, and this is your DSR Daily Brief. I'm Chris Cotnor.

Our top stories from international outlets this morning.

Ukraine's air defense intercepted six hypersonic Kinzal missiles fired by Russia at early Tuesday, Ukrainian officials said.

If confirmed, the strikes would be further evidence of Ukraine's ability to shoot down one of the most sophisticated conventional weapons in Moscow's arsenal.

In one of the largest aerial assaults since early March, Russia also launched nine caliber cruise missiles from ships in the Black Sea,

three short-range ballistic missiles from land, and a number of drones according to the commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces.

All of the drones and missiles were shot down the military said.

It was not immediately clear how many of them were aimed at the capital Keeve, which local officials said was targeted overnight with an exceptional blitz of missiles and drones.

The skies over Keeve lit up around 3 a.m. with thunderous explosions as air defenses collided with the incoming missiles raining debris across the city.

According to the AP, Turkish voters will head back to the polls in two weeks for a runoff election to decide if conservative president Regip Tayyip Erdogan or his main rival will lead a country struggling with sky high inflation as it plays a key role in NATO expansion and in the Middle East.

The May 28th second round of presidential elections that election officials announced Monday will allow Turkey to decide if the nation remains under the increasingly authoritarian president for a third decade,

or if it can embark on the more democratic course that Kemal Kilik Darraglu has claimed he can deliver.

As in previous years, the nationalist Erdogan led a highly divisive campaign.

He portrayed Kilik Darraglu who had received the backing of the country's pro-Kurdish party of colluding with terrorists and of supporting what he called deviant LGBTQ rights.

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