Apartment building in Ternopil thought to have been hit by Russian Kh-101 missile, Air Force says
The residential building destroyed in the city of Ternopil is believed to have been struck by a Russian Kh-101 missile, the Ukrainian Air Force has said, based on the information available.
Source: Yurii Ihnat, Head of the Communications Department of the Ukrainian Air Force Command, on air at Kyiv24
Quote: "We'll have to see, it'll be determined on site [whether this was a direct hit or debris – ed.].
Early reports indicate that it was a Kh-101 missile that hit the building [in Ternopil].
The attack on the west was a combined strike involving various aerial weapons. These were Kh-101 missiles, Kalibr missiles, and one ballistic missile, which was launched from the north. There were no launches from strategic aircraft."
Background:
- So far 20 people are known to have been killed and 66 injured in the combined Russian attack on Ternopil.
- On the morning of 19 November, Russia attacked Ukraine with drones and missiles. Explosions were heard in Khmelnytskyi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Rivne, Lviv and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.
- A large fire broke out in Lviv as a result of the Russian strike on the morning of 19 November. An energy facility, a woodworking business and a warehouse building have been damaged in the city.
- Three people, including two children, were injured in Russia's combined strike on Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.
- Russia launched 48 missiles and 476 attack UAVs of various types in its large-scale combined strike on Ukraine on the night of 18-19 November and the morning of 19 November. Ukrainian air defence forces destroyed or jammed 442 drones and over 40 cruise missiles. Hits were recorded at 14 locations.
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