Large pits from missile fragments: Ignat explained the nuances of ballistics shooting
The large crater that formed near one of the houses during the night rocket attack on Kyiv on the night of December 13 is also the result of falling debris.
Yuriy Ignat, the spokesman of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, stated this on the air of the telethon.
– Ballistics fly from top to bottom, a special missile must shoot it down, hit it head-on. It should be a very clear shot. However, the warhead of a ballistic missile does not always explode in the air. The missile is hit, it is already knocked off the flight path and just falls down, and the warhead can explode already on the ground. But one must understand that the rocket did not reach its goal, – he explained.
Answering a question about why the Russian Federation strikes the capital with ballistic missiles at night, Ignat noted that the enemy chooses a time when people are most relaxed.
– Surprise effect when everyone is sleeping. The night factor always affects. To strike suddenly while people are relaxed somewhere, the enemy hopes that the Defense Forces are also relaxed somewhere, but we have no options – 24/7… That’s why they choose such hours, and they will do it as insidiously as possible to cause the most damage, – an Air Force spokesman concluded.
On the night of December 13, the Russian Federation struck Kyiv with 10 ballistic missiles – all of them were destroyed by air defense forces.
As a result of falling debris, 53 people were injured, including six children. Fortunately, there were no casualties.
Debris fell on the territory of four districts of the capital. In particular, in Dniprovskyі, a fire broke out on the seventh floor of a nine-story building, and about ten cars caught fire in the yard. In addition, the building of one of the children’s hospitals was damaged, windows were broken and the central entrance was damaged.
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