Russia Air raid and missile alert in Ukraine

SDA

21.11.2024 - 08:12

ARCHIVE - A Russian hypersonic missile of the "Kinshal" type has hit the Dnipropetrovsk region. Photo: Pavel Golovkin/AP/dpa
ARCHIVE - A Russian hypersonic missile of the "Kinshal" type has hit the Dnipropetrovsk region. Photo: Pavel Golovkin/AP/dpa
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A nationwide air raid and missile alert was triggered in Ukraine early this morning. According to the Ukrinform agency, a Russian hypersonic missile of the "Kinshal" type hit the Dnipropetrovsk region. The missile was fired from a Mig-31 fighter jet. No further details were initially provided.

Shortly afterwards, the Ukrainian air defense warned on the Telegram platform that several Ch-101 cruise missiles had flown in. These missiles, equipped with stealth technology, had been fired from Tu-95 strategic bombers near the town of Engels in the southern Russian region of Saratov. A short time later, several cruise missiles entered Ukrainian airspace and headed for the capital Kiev and Poltava in the east of the country, according to the air force command.