On the afternoon of January 14, the Russian Federation attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region. The Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down an enemy missile near Kryvyi Rih.
The Air Force shot down a Kh-59 missile in the Kryvyi Rig district
During an air alert in the Kryvyi Rih district of the Dnipropetrovsk region on the afternoon of January 14, air defence forces destroyed a Russian missile.
The Air Command "East" reported this on Facebook.
Earlier in Telegram, the head of Kryvyi Rih District Military Administration, Yevhen Sytnychenko, reported about explosions in the Kryvyi Rih district.
Missile danger. It is loudly in the Kryvyi Rih district. Please take care of yourself and stay in shelters, he wrote.
Destroyed a cruise missile from a MANPADS
Anti-aircraft gunner Yevhen serves in the Kherson anti-aircraft missile brigade of the "South" Air Command. He shot down a cruise missile for the first time in his life.
At first, Yevhen heard a sound, and then he saw a missile in the thermal imager.
First I heard a sound, then I saw it in the thermal imager. I fixed the target, made a shot and pressed "pursuing". A clear shot and the Russian missile was eliminated, the message says.
