On the night of June 7, the russian occupying forces launched five Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles from Tu-95 MS bombers during another strike on Ukraine's critical infrastructure. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, all five missiles were shot down by air defense forces. The enemy also deployed 53 Shahed-type attack drones, 48 of which were shot down.
At the same time, as it turned out, on the night of June 7, Ukrainian air defense units shot down a Kh-101 cruise missile with a cluster warhead for the first time, as reported by a Ukrainian Armed Forces officer in the Polkovnyk GSh (Colonel of the General Staff) Telegram channel.
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"In this version, the first warhead of the Kh-101 remained fragmentation-explosive, while the second became a cluster warhead," the report states.
One can assume that the enemy will use missiles with such warheads primarily to target airfields.
It is currently unknown how actively the enemy is using these missiles for terrorist attacks on Ukraine, and what the percentage distribution is for the production of missiles with different warheads.
At the same time, let us recall that it became known in March that russia began producing the Kh-101 with two warheads. Earlier, the russian forces also claimed that this cruise missile received an 800-kg warhead by reducing its range.
However, unfortunately, even with such a reduced range, the enemy has enough capability to shell the entire territory of Ukraine.
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