(ANSA) – ROME, JUN 26 – Kiev was hit this morning by up to six Kh-101 missiles (in Cyrillic X-101) that were launched by strategic bombers Tupolev Tu-95 and Tu-160 took off from Astrakhan, on the Caspian Sea. This was stated by the spokesman of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Yuriy Ignat, quoted by Ukrinform.
The American president, Joe Biden, from Elmau in Bavaria where the G7 summit is held, has called the missile attack on the Ukrainian capital a “barbarism”.
“The Tu-95 and Tu-160 strategic bombers, which were used today to launch missiles in the Kiev region, are the ones stationed in the Caspian Sea, in Astrakhan,” the spokesman said. “They take off from there. They are equipped with missiles and launch them from there. The Kh-101 missile has a range of 5,500 kilometers. Therefore, bombers do not necessarily have to enter our airspace. It is enough for them to take off, take a trajectory of fire. and launch missiles. Four to six missiles have been launched today. Indeed, our anti-aircraft defense units have reacted and some missiles have been shot down. It has been confirmed that a missile has been destroyed. The search for fragments of the ‘other”.
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Source: Ansa
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