Early Sunday morning, Russian air protection programs intercepted a Kh-101 (AS-23 Kodiak) fashionable, stealthy, subsonic cruise missile launched from a Tu-95 bomber, geared toward Ukrainian territory.
The incident occurred within the Krasnoarmeysky district of the Saratov area. Initially, stories prompt that the air protection programs efficiently shot down a suicide drone launched by Ukraine, with native authorities claiming victory in repelling the assault. Nonetheless, subsequent investigations on the crash website revealed particles in keeping with the KH-101 cruise missile.
Concurrently on this time, Russian Tu-95 bombers carried out one other spherical of airstrikes on targets in Ukraine.
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Officers from the Russian Ministry of Protection declined to touch upon the incident, mirroring the silence of native authorities.
This incident provides to a sequence of mishaps involving Russian army property. Notably, Russian air protection programs beforehand downed their very own Su-27 fighter jet over the occupied Crimea. Such occurrences underscore the chaos and disorganization inside Russian army instructions.