Verevochka said that Russia fired Soviet missiles at Ukraine./Channel 24 Collage
Russia is likely preparing for another missile attack on Ukraine. In preparation for them, Russia launched strikes with Soviet Kh-22 missiles in the east and south of the country.
The enemy used Kh-22 – Soviet cruise missiles
This was reported by a representative Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, stressing that the situation in the East remains difficult.
The crew of the Tu-22M3 long-range aircraft from the airspace of the Rostov region (an area 40 kilometers west of the Shakhty settlement) worked out electronic launches of Kh-22 missiles, probably at civilian and military infrastructure facilities in the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine, Motuzyanyk noted.< /p>
X-22 are Soviet cruise missiles that have been developed since 1958 and put into service in February 1971.
Why is this unsafe?Due to the outdated “stuffing” they can be dangerous in operation. For example, the Iskanders are inferior to the Kh-22s in terms of maximum range (500 and 600 kilometers, respectively).
Expert Alexander Kovalenko explained that these missiles expired 20 years ago, they were not technically serviced for a long time.
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“Such a missile may not even be destroyed by air defense , but it may have an engine failure when it flies over a city or village and fall on civilian houses. Here is the risk “.
The Russians continue to concentrate their forces in Donbas
Motuzyanyk noted that the main goal of the Russian aggressor at this stage remains the occupation of the Lugansk and Donetsk regions within their administrative borders, the retention and stability of the land corridor with the occupied Crimean peninsula, as well as the blocking of Ukraine's sea lanes in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.
Now the enemy is conducting intensive shelling and conducting assault operations along the entire line of confrontation in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. The situation remains difficult, especially in the areas of Severodonetsk and Lisichansk.
Briefly about the situation in the Donbass: General Staff data
- Infidels are conducting assault operations in the Slavyansk direction. They are trying to block the counteroffensive of the Ukrainian defenders, so they are carrying out engineering equipment for firing positions in the Izyum area.
- There was a battle near the village of Raygorodok in the Limansky direction. The infidels had no luck, so they retreated.
- Our soldiers successfully hold back the assault in Severodonetsk. However, hostilities continue.
- In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy is intensively using operational-tactical and army aviation:
- In the Avdeevsky, Novopavlovsky and Zaporozhye directions, the invaders intend to tie down the actions of our troops and prevent capsizing reserves of the defense forces to other directions.
- At the same time, over the past day, Ukrainian defenders repelled 11 enemy attacks in the Donbass and destroyed a lot of enemy equipment.
