The Ukrainian military told how they destroyed the Russian plane without releasing a single missile

On the account of the anti -aircraft missile battery, the Beech M1 under the guidance of the Hero of Ukraine Yaroslav Melnik 28 destroyed enemy goals: 11 combat aircraft of different types, two screws, two winged missiles and 13 UAVs. The battery of the officer for half a year resisted the enemy in Kharkiv region. Sometimes anti -aircraft guns came into airfights with ten or more enemy aircraft.

Melnyk told the Infortm army in an interview how they managed to destroy the Russian plane without releasing any rocket. Video of the Day "We also knocked down the plane without releasing any rocket. Discovered the target. The backlight radar turned on. In this time, sound reports of radar radiation were sounded in the racist's cabin. He realized that the hunter turned into a target. Probably so stunned the pilot that he immediately catapult. The plane crashed, ”the officer recalls.

According to him, this is not the only situation when the result exceeded expectations. “One day we got the task of identifying and destroying two winged rockets released by the enemy. Our self -propelled fire installation can only operate for one purpose. So we were aware that the destruction of even one winged rocket would be a great good fortune. The goal we found, fulfilled combat start.