Ukraine does not currently have the technology to intercept Kh-22 missiles but the Patriot system promised to Kyiv by Washington will change this.
The Russian missile that has claimed dozens of civilian lives after striking an apartment building in central Ukraine was designed to strike aircraft carriers at sea, according to the Ukrainian armed forces.in the city of Dnipro leaving at least 35 people dead, among them two children, the Dnipropetrovsk regional governor, Valentyn Reznichenko, said on Monday. In a post on Telegram, he said 75 people had been injured, including 14 children, and search and rescue efforts would continue.
However, Dnipro's mayor, Borys Filatov, told the Reuters news agency that the chances of"saving people now are minimal," and the agency reported that rescuers in the sub-zero temperatures were using periods of silence to help locate those potentially screaming for help underneath the rubble of the building.
A spokesperson for the Ukrainian Air Force said on Saturday that the missile used to strike the apartment block was one dubbed a"carrier killer," and"designed to destroy aircraft carrier groups at sea." Firefighters conduct search and rescue operations at a residential building hit by a missile in Dnipro, Ukraine on Saturday. The strike was carried out using a"carrier killer" Kh-22 missile, according to Ukraine's armed forces., added that the Kh-22 missile can also be equipped with a nuclear warhead.
According to Ihnat, the missile had been launched from a Tu-22M3 long-range bomber. He compared Saturday's strike to a Russian attack on a shopping center in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk on June 27, 2022, which Kyiv's forces said involved an air-launched Kh-22 cruise missile, designed to target warships.
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