Russian missile crashes again in Volgograd Oblast of the Russian Federation
Fragments similar to a Russian cruise missile fell in the Rudnyansky district of Volgograd Oblast in Russia. This is the second case of a missile crash in the last month.
Source: V1.RU Volgograd news
Quote: "Unidentified flying, and presumably military weapons fell in the Rudnyansky district of Volgograd Oblast. A huge grey fragment was found by residents of the Ilmen rural settlement about 20 kilometres from the village."
Details: The media outlet reported that emergency services are already on the scene and have surrounded the fragment.
Visually, the fragment resembles parts of a long-range Kh-101/Kh-102-As-23 cruise missile. They entered service with the Russian Armed Forces in 2012 and were first used in Syria against ISIS in 2015.
Similar fragments recently fell in the Elansky and Rudnyansky districts of Volgograd Oblast. Later, officials officially recognised that the fragments belonged to the Russian military.
Local authorities claim that the falling fragment did not damage infrastructure, and no casualties were reported.
Background:
- On 16 December, it was reported that one or several Russian missiles had possibly fallen on the territory of the Russian Volgograd Oblast.
- On 29 December, Ukraine’s Air Force destroyed 58 of the 70 Russian cruise missiles, four reconnaissance UAVs and one Mi-8 helicopter.
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