(Dan Tri) – The Ukrainian army announced that the country’s air defense forces have caused many losses to the Russian side in the past 24 hours.
Russia’s Kinzhal hypersonic missile is carried by a MiG-31 fighter (Photo: Defense Express).
Avia-pro website reported on June 16 that the Ukrainian army announced that the country’s air defense force had successfully blocked 6 Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missiles.
Accordingly, the Ukrainian Air Force confirmed that 12 cruise missiles, including 6 Kalibr missiles and 6 Kinzhal missiles, were destroyed in a Russian raid on the capital Kiev on June 16.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has not yet commented on the above information.
Kinzhal (`dagger`) is a Russian hypersonic missile.
This is one of the six strategic weapons announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin in his Federal Message in 2018. The Russian Ministry of Defense has repeatedly affirmed that the Kinzhal missile is invisible and is considered invincible to anyone.
Speaking at a meeting with foreign military attaches in December 2022, Russia’s General Valery Gerasimov emphasized: `The Kinzhal missile system has proven its high efficiency and invulnerability to the
Also on June 16, the Ukrainian Air Force confirmed that it had shot down a Russian Ka-52 `Crocodile` attack helicopter on the Donetsk front.
Russian Ka-52 helicopter opens fire (Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense).
According to Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk, the Ka-52 helicopter was shot down at around 9:00 p.m. the same day by a shoulder-fired missile of the Ukrainian air defense force.
`Another enemy Crocodile helicopter was downed. We will continue our mission,` Mr. Oleshchuk emphasized.
Ka-52 `Crocodile` is considered one of the most modern aircraft of the Russian armed forces.
However, in Ukraine, Russia’s Ka-52 fleet also suffered many serious losses.
At the end of October 2022, the British Ministry of Defense confirmed that at least 23 Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters were shot down in Ukraine.
The British Ministry of Defense believes that shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles were massively aided by the West to Ukraine during the early stages of Russia’s special military campaign.