russian occupation forces used 10 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles during a terrorist missile attack on Ukraine on the night of June 22. russians used 10 Kh-101/ Kh-555 cruise missiles launched from Tu-95MS strategic bombers from Saratov Oblast. Seven missiles were destroyed by Ukrainian air defense.
At the same time, Defense Express learned from its own sources that at least one Kh-101 missile had a cluster warhead. This missile is new and was produced in the second quarter of 2024. This missile was used by russians to attack the airfields and was shot down by Ukrainian Air Defense Forces.
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It is noted that the cluster warhead of such a missile can contain approximately 60 "balls" (the submunition has an index of 136b3), the weight of one is approximately 4400 grams.
The difference between the cluster element for the warhead of the X-101 cruise missile is that its body has the shape of two hemispheres with a fuze on one of them. For example, the submunition for the Kh-59 missile is spherical, with the fuze located on the side.
It should be noted that this is not the first time russians used the Kh-101 missile with the cluster warhead. Kh-101 cruise missile with a cluster warhead was shot down for the first time during the attack in June.
russian occupiers use Kh-101 missiles with the cluster warhead to strike airfields. For example, the target of these missiles was the airfield in Starokostiantyniv, Khmelnytskyi Oblast during the attack on the night of June 7 (when Kh-101 with a cluster warhead was shot down for the first time).
Also, one of the Kh-101 missiles with a cluster warhead was shot down during the attack on the night of June 12. At that time, russian occupation forces were trying to hit the airfield in Vasylkiv, Kyiv Oblast with these missiles. Therefore, it is extremely important to shoot down such missiles in advance to avoid the damage to the airfields by such submunition given the arrival of the F-16 aircraft to Ukraine this year.
Earlier Defense Express reported that russia had supposedly used new Fab-3000 super-heavy bombs in Kharkiv Region.
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