Russian cruise missile shot down over Kharkiv region
Valentyna Romanenko – Wednesday, 23 March 2022, 21:24
Ukrainian air defence shot down a Russian cruise missile over the Kharkiv region.
Source: Shid [East] Air Command, on Facebook
According to Shid: "Minus one cruise missile in the Kharkiv region. Anti-aircraft missile units are, as always, at the top of their game."
Background: On Wednesday, anti-aircraft missile systems of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 2 Russian aircraft in the southeast of the Kharkiv region.
Oleh Synehubov, Head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, said that while in the first two weeks of the invasion Russian troops actively attempted to enter and capture the city of Kharkiv, they are currently terrorising it – and other cities and town of the region – with artillery shelling.
