Incidenty

Ukrainian air defense knocked out 4 missiles X-59 over Odessa and Kryvyi Ros-OK "South"

The SU-35 pair launched 4 missiles towards the Odessa region, Kryvyi Rih and Melitopol. The forces of air defense successfully intercepted them. Russian Su-35 fighters were launched in the Odessa region and Kryvyi Rih of the X-59 missile. All of them were successfully knocked down by the air defense forces. About it reports the operational command "South". Two rockets were released from the Black Sea. They were intercepted by air defense missiles in the air.

X-59 is the ammunition of the class "Air-Earth". The air defense forces knocked out rockets from the Crimean direction. The enemy sent the same blow on Kryvyi Rih. The second Su-35 fighter released the X-59 rocket in the direction of Melitopol. She was also successfully intercepted by air defense forces. The head of the Kryvyi Rih Military Administration, Alexander Vilkul, said in a telegram-channel that the air defense forces were able to knock the rocket over the southern part of Kryvyi Rih.

Thus, air defense has shot down all the missiles. X-59 is a Soviet/Russian Middle Radium. It was developed in the 1970s, and it came into service in 1980. The rocket flight range is 290 km. In the X-559MK2 version. The rocket flight speed is 750-1000 km/h. We will remind, Russian troops fired at Kharkiv from Belgorod region. As a result, electricity disappeared in one of the districts.