Ukrainian troops failed to shoot down even a single one out of 300 Russian X-22s during the entire special military operation (SVO) of the Russian Federation, said Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force (AF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). missiles. Quoted by the publication “Strana.ua”.
“The X-22 missile flies at a speed of 4 thousand kilometers per hour, approaches its target mostly on a ballistic trajectory, so special vehicles are needed to intercept it. We need air defense systems like Patriot, so our job with these missiles is not that easy,” Ignat said during the charity campaign.
According to him, the Russian Armed Forces have used more than 300 such missiles since the beginning of the special operation.
Ignat also pointed out that the Russian Federation, in addition to the Kh-22, also has a modernized version of this missile, the Kh-32.
“Such missiles were probably still used today,” he added.
29 December Ukraine suffered a big blow. Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny claims that 122 missiles and 36 unmanned aerial vehicles attacked the country. “We have never seen so many targets on our monitor at the same time,” said Yuri Ignat. The Russian Ministry of Defense emphasized that the targets of the attack were military-industrial complex facilities, military airfields, ammunition depots and military sites.
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Source: Gazeta
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