Fell into the lake: Kiev police showed the wreckage of the X-55 missile (photo)

"X-55-it is this rocket that the Russians try to destroy Ukrainian cities and citizens. After today's attack of the invaders, the wreckage of such a rocket has received from the lake of one of the districts of Kyiv region. Another confirmation ", - said the head of the Kiev police. According to law enforcement officers, the fragments of hostile missiles were found in the territory of several districts of Kyiv region.

X-55-Soviet Strategic Aviation Winged rocket, developed in the Dubnensky ICB "Ryuduga" in the late 1970s-early 1980s to armament of strategic bombers. NATO codification-AS-15 KENT. The carriers of X-55 are strategic Tu-95 and Tu-160 bombers. The rocket flies at permeal speeds at extremely low altitudes (up to 110 meters) with the enlightenment of the terrain. It is intended for application against strategically important terrestrial stationary goals with pre -known coordinates.

Depending on the modification, the rocket can cover a range from 2 500 to 3,500 kilometers. In this case, the mass of the combat part is 250 kilograms, and the length ranges from 6 meters. In the course of the missile shelling, on January 26, the enemy released 55 missiles in Ukraine, 47 of which were knocked down by the air defense forces, the Armed Forces Commissar Valery Zaluzhny said.

According to the commander-in-chief, the Russian Federation launched the missiles of the air and maritime base of five types: X-101, X-555, X-47 "Kinzhal", "Caliber", X-59. As a result of the fall of the missiles in the Holosiivskyi district of Kiev, a 55-year-old man was killed. Two more were injured, they were hospitalized. An explosion in the Dnieper district of the capital was also reported.

In addition, Focus wrote that in the process of attack, Russian troops struck the object of energy infrastructure in the Kiev region. Emergency electricity switches were used in the region. The speaker of the Air Force Command Yuri Ignat said that three-controlled X-59 aviation missiles fell without reaching the target.