Ukrainian air defence destroys 4 cruise missiles launched on Dnipro
VALENTYNA ROMANENKO – FRIDAY, 15 JULY 2022, 23:32
Ukrainian air defence systems shot down four Kh-101 air-to-surface cruise missiles that Russian forces launched on the city of Dnipro.
Source: Ukrainian Air Force Command on Facebook
Quote from the Air Force Command: "Around 22:00 on 15 July, the occupiers launched missiles on the city of Dnipro.
Kh-101 missiles were launched from Tu-95 MS strategic aircraft from the northern part of the Caspian Sea.
The forces and air defence systems of the Skhid (East) Air Force Command shot down four missiles.
The Kh-101 missile is one of the most technologically advanced in the terrorist country’s [i.e., Russia’s - ed.] arsenal. Its warhead contains over 400 kg of explosives, and it has the range of 5,500 km. It can develop the speed of up to 720 km/h."
Details: Several missiles struck an industrial enterprise in Dnipro. Valentyn Reznichenko, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, said that three people were killed and another 15 were injured in Russia’s strike on Dnipro.
