“OSINT-analysts found out that for the first time, Ukraine hit a military airfield in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation with American ATACMS ballistic missiles with a cluster warhead. Source: “Militarnyi” with reference to the Ukrainian project “Kyberboroshno” Details: According to analysts, on the night of November 25, the Ukrainian missile forces attacked the Russian tactical airfield “Kursk-Skhidny” with ATACMS missiles.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: “Militarnyi” with reference to the Ukrainian project “Cyberboroshno”
Details: According to analysts, on the night of November 25, Ukrainian missile forces attacked the Russian airfield of the Kursk-Skhidny tactical airfield with ATACMS missiles.
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The project showed photos of the detonation of submunitions of two M39 rockets with a cluster warhead on the territory of the airfield.
According to the identified geolocation, it can be seen that the rockets attacked the parking lot of aviation equipment, in particular, combat planes. It is currently unknown whether they were there at the time of the impact.
Approximate areas of impact of ATACMS missiles on the airfield “Kursk-East”.August 2022 Maxar Technologies satellite images cited by Militarnyi
One of the Russian Z-fighters, who is connected to aviation, also confirmed the fact of the ballistic missile strike. He announces the launch of 8 missiles, of which the Russians “worked out” seven. However, this term only means an interception attempt, not a shoot-down.
What preceded:
- On November 17, The New York Times reported that the current President of the United States, Joe Biden, for the first time allowed the Ukrainian military to use long-range ATACMS missiles to strike the territory of Russia. Depending on the modification, they can have a range of 140 to 300 km.
- On the night of November 19, the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck the territory of Russia with American long-range ATACMS missiles for the first time.