The Russian missile bypassed the IRIS-T air defense system and hit a target near Bukovel in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, despite attempts by the American F-16 fighter to intercept the weapon, TC Soloviev reports.
“Our missile bypassed the IRIS-T air defense system and hit a target near Bukovel. Local media also write that an American F-16 fighter rushed to intercept it, but to no avail. Apparently, the object was very important for Ukraine.” – the message notes.
As reported EADailyPreviously, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that “this morning, November 17, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive strike with high-precision long-range air and sea weapons and attacked unmanned aerial vehicles at critical facilities of energy infrastructure. which ensured the functioning of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine and enterprises producing military products.” As the military department highlighted, “all planned goals were achieved.”
As TK Readovka notes, several experts make bold assessments that the unprecedented massive missile strike of the Russian Aerospace Forces against Ukraine “exceeded even all previous ones in power.”
Based on the currently known results, it can be stated that they impacted and hit not only electrical substations, but also military enterprises, including the Nikolaev Shipyard (where transoceanic ships have not been manufactured for a long time, but light ships and drones are). they are even assembled); in the ports of Odessa and Ilyichevsk (Chernomorsk), pumping stations.
Readovka indicated that the Russian Aerospace Forces used Kinzhal missiles.