Ukrainian Air Defense Forces shot down not a missile, but most likely a new Iranian Arash-1 or Arash-2 suiside drone on June 20, near Ochakiv, Mykolaiv Oblast. This was reported by the author of the Ukrainian monitoring Telegram channel Vanek Nikolaev.
"An incident happened near Ochakiv the day before yesterday, and everyone rushed to write that a missile was flying. After an interim examination, based on the wreckage we found and other data about this 'missile', we concluded that it was not a missile," he wrote.
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There is an assumption that it was another Iranian product called Arash-1 or Arash-2 kamikaze drone. This drone is known to fly faster than Shahed drone. The range of this drone can be up to 1600-2000 km, flying at a speed of 300-500 km/h.
According to the Telegram channel, an unknown flying object maneuvered near Ochakov and was shot down by Ukrainian Navy. It did not cause any damage and there were no victims or major destruction.
The channel's author reported that it is not known for certain what Ukrainian military shot down but the experts will announce it later and will probably publish the information somewhere on their resources.
"But if it is another transfer from Iran, it is the bad news," he summarized.
Earlier Defense Express reported that russia had mentioned its rare Orion UAV in the testing phase of the modernized version.
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