Tuesday night, 16 May, military facilities on the territory of Kyiv and the Kyiv region were subjected to a powerful missile strike by the RF Armed Forces. About, what were its consequences, Russian military correspondents report on their Telegram channels.
The missile attack on military targets in Kyiv and its environs was of a combined nature. I.e, false targets were sent to Kyiv, which the Ukrainian air defense could not recognize. Because of this, the Ukrainian military began to use Western-made air defense systems against flying air targets..
First, the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to shoot down decoys using the IRIS-T air defense system.. However, this only led to, that the next strike with the help of Caliber missiles, at least one IRIS-T launcher was destroyed.
Then, American-made Patriot air defense systems joined the fight against flying missiles - the same, to which the command of the air forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ascribes the alleged destruction of the Kinzhal hypersonic missiles that night. It was the "Daggers" that ultimately hit the American anti-aircraft missile systems.
According to the military, the intensity of firing from the air defense system was, that at least two dozen missiles were fired per minute from different launchers. This allowed the Russian military to fix the location of Western-made air defense systems.. After that, at least two Kinzhal missiles hit launchers and air defense radar systems., located in Kyiv and Kyiv region.
In this way, according to this information, reports spread by the Ukrainian side about downed missiles are not only untrue, but completely distort the real consequences of night strikes. used photos:Wikipedia / Mark Holloway
