Air Force: Kinzhal missile shot down in Ukraine’s sky this morning

One of the four enemy Kh-47 missiles was shot down in Ukraine on the morning of Friday, August 11.

“Around 10:00, the enemy launched four Kh-47 ‘Kinzhal’ air-launched ballistic missiles from four MiG-31K aircraft. The missiles were fired from the airspace of Tula and Lipetsk regions of the Russian Federation,” the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine posted on Telegram.

The missiles entered Ukraine’s airspace from the northern direction, heading southwest to the area of the Kolomyia airfield in Ivano-Frankivsk region.

One Kh-47 missile was destroyed within Kyiv region. The rest struck near the airfield. Objects of civilian infrastructure were hit, and one of the missiles struck a residential sector.

According to the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Military Administration, a child was killed and people were injured in the Russian missile attack.