Published: May 12, 2024 10:39 am
Author: RT
Ukraine targeted residential neighborhoods using a Tochka-U ballistic missile as well as Olkha and Vampire rocket launchers, the ministry said
Kiev conducted a cross-border “terrorist attack” on residential buildings in the Russian city of Belgorod using Tochka-U ballistic missiles, as well as rockets fired by Olkha and Vampire launch systems, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
According to the ministry, six Soviet-era Tochka-U missiles, four Vampire rockets and two Olkha projectiles were intercepted by Russian air defenses.
“Fragments of one of the downed Tochka-U missiles damaged a residential building in Belgorod,” it said.
The Tochka-U, dubbed the SS-21 Scarab by NATO, is a mobile launch system developed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s. Russia has phased out its use in favor of the more advanced 9K270 Iskander, which was introduced in the mid-2000s.
