What happened? The russian army still has hundreds of Kh-22 supersonic missiles in service. The same one hit a high-rise building in Dnipro on January 14.
Source. Yuriy Ihnat, the spokesman of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, at a briefing, Lb.ua reports.
Details. The representative of the Air Force noted that Ukraine had also previously had such missiles in service.
"We transferred them to the russians to cover gas debts. They were also in our arsenal. As well as Tu-22M3 aircraft. They were also disposed of, cut into scrap metal. That is, some were given away, some were disposed of," Mr. Ihnat commented.
The spokesman added that Ukraine was waiting for modern Western Patriot PAC-3 and SAMP/T systems to shoot down supersonic missiles.