Under Kiev, the X-55 rocket with a nuclear combat mitigate was knocked down-the media (photo)

Aviation missile with an overall layout, according to journalists, was knocked down to Kiev, and the fragments of the projectile were found in the Boryspil area. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, in mass shelling of Ukraine on January 26, released in the direction of Kyiv the aviation wing of the X-55 missile with a simulator of the nuclear combat unit. About it writes the thematic edition of Defense Express, referring to its sources.

According to journalists, the X-55 Aviation Winged Winglata with a nuclear combat imitator was beaten by a southeastern direction. The publication notes that the fragments of the enemy projectile were found in the Boryspil area. This is not the first time that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, when carrying out a massive shelling of Ukraine, launches in the direction of Ukrainian cities winged rockets with a imitator of the nuclear combat unit.

For the first time, information appeared on the attraction of X-55 with an overall layout on November 17. Journalists and experts then suggested that Russia has specifically gone for such provocation, trying to confuse Ukrainian air defense. Information on the involvement of the X-55 with the imitator of the nuclear combat unit was confirmed at a briefing of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, which took place on December 1, 2022.

The command representative noted that fragments of similar X-55 missiles were also found after shelling of Khmelnitsky and Lviv regions. At the time of the material, neither the Air Force command nor the General Staff of the Armed Forces officially commented on the beating of the X-55 missile with the nuclear combat unit.

We will remind that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a massive shelling of Ukraine on January 26, releasing more than 55 missiles of different bases in the direction of Ukrainian cities. The air defense units managed to knock down 47 air targets. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny, commenting on a massive shelling of Ukraine on January 26, also stated that the Russians used hypersonic missiles X-47 "Dagger", capable of carrying nuclear charge.