Russia launches missile on Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Russian forces conducted a missile attack on Ukraine, targeting Kyiv and the Khmelnytskyi Oblast on the morning of 7 October.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported detecting high-speed targets, including a Kinzhal missile heading towards Starokostiantyniv in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast.
According to Khmelnytskyi Oblast Governor Serhii Tiurin, there were no hits to civilian or critical infrastructure.
It’s not the first time the Russian military has launched the Kinzhal on these targets. On 27 September, Russia attacked Starokostiantyniv, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, with Kinzhal missiles, targeting an airfield with concrete shelters that are valuable even when empty.
Military Analyst Yan Matveev explained that “Starokostiantyniv is an airfield with concrete shelters. They are probably trying to hit them. Even in an empty format, these shelters are still valuable. Because if they are destroyed, you can’t put an airplane there anymore. So you either destroy the plane or at least the shelter itself.”
Matveev also said earlier that the Kinzhal is used in exceptional cases due to their high cost, particularly to detect F-16 fighters, but Patriot air defense systems can shoot down these missiles.
According to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, air defense systems were activated on the morning of 7 October, shortly after the initial reports. The debris of the downed missiles fell in three districts of the capital: the Solomyanskyi district, Shevchenkivskyi, and Holosiivskyi districts.
Klitschko later said falling missile debris caused a fire in the Solomyanskyi district. There were reportedly no casualties. Missile fragments were also found near the entrance of an apartment building, in a private house’s yard, and near a supermarket in the Solomyanskyi district.
KCMA Head Serhiy Popko said that debris damaged the roof of a multi-story residential building in the Solomyanskyi district, and a fragment fell on school grounds.
The Russian troops launched a missile attack using Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missiles from MiG-31K carriers. Popko said that all aerial targets were successfully destroyed.
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