According to own sources Defense Express has learned that russian federation is now trying to determine new frontiers for launching air-based cruise missiles at targets in Ukraine.
In particular, in May this year the flight crews of Tu-22M3 long-range bombers from the 52nd Heavy Bomber Regiment performed conditional missile launches over the northern part of the temporarily occupied Crimea, near Rozdolny.
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This may indicate that the enemy can prepare for strikes on Kyiv and Vinnytsia by means of supersonic cruise missiles X-22 of Soviet production or X-32 missiles of modern production, since only such cruise missiles can be launched from strategic bombers Tu-22M3.
An important detail is that russia’s 52nd Heavy Bomber Regiment is based at Shaykovka airfield near Smolensk. Accordingly, the assault route to a possible new frontier for launching cruise missiles looks the following: from the Smolensk region to the north of the temporarily occupied Crimea.
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The danger of such plan is that the possible depth of damage to objects on the territory of Ukraine may increase immediately by 150 km with X-22 or X-32 missiles. Moreover, this zone of damage may include Kyiv and Vinnytsia.
The flight time of these cruise missiles can be reduced to 9 minutes. The X-22 or X-32 warhead mass reaches 1 ton, the probable deviation from the target is at least 350 meters, and the impact of such missiles is devastating. For example, as happened recently with Lozova in Kharkiv region.
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